Hesperiphona

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Hesperiphona
Hesperiphona vespertina CT3.jpg
Male evening grosbeak
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Hesperiphona
Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Fringilla vespertina
Cooper, W, 1825

Hesperiphona is a genus in the finch family Fringillidae.

The genus was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the evening grosbeak as the type species. [1] The name combines the Ancient Greek hesperos meaning "evening" and phōnē meaning "sound" or "cry". [2]

The genus contains two species: [3]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Coccothraustes-vespertinus-002.jpg Hesperiphona vespertina Evening grosbeak Canada and the western mountainous areas of the United States and Mexico
Coccothraustes abeillei.jpg Hesperiphona abeillei Hooded grosbeak Central America, principally in Mexico and Guatemala.

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References

  1. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). "Sur plusieurs genres nouveaux de Passereaux". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 31: 423–424 [424].
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. p. 190. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Finches, euphonias". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 January 2021.