Pheucticus

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Pheucticus
Pheucticus ludovicianusABP04CA.jpg
Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Pheucticus
Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Pitylus aureoventris
Species

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Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species. [1] [2]

The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850. [3] The type species was subsequently designated as the black-backed grosbeak. [4]

Species

The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek φευκτικός - pheuktikós "shy" or "inclined to avoid". [5]

ImageCommon NameScientific nameDistribution
Yellow Grosbeak RWD.jpg Yellow grosbeak Pheucticus chrysopeplusPacific slope of Mexico from central Sonora to northwestern Oaxaca, and in southern Chiapas and Guatemala
Black-thighed Grosbeak (cropped).jpg Black-thighed grosbeak Pheucticus tibialisCosta Rica and western Panama.
Pheucticus chrysogaster 3zz.jpg Golden grosbeak Pheucticus chrysogasterColombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela
Black-backed Grosbeak RWD2.jpg Black-backed grosbeak Pheucticus aureoventrisArgentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
RosebreastedGrosbeak08.jpg Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianuseast of the Rocky Mountains, to winter from central-southern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and Venezuela.
Black-headed Grosbeak (7177972800).jpg Black-headed grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalusUS Great Plains and from southwestern Canada to the mountains of Mexico.

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References

  1. "ITIS Report:Pheucticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel. Vol. 1. Dresden: Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. Plate 78.
  4. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 217.
  5. Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 5 May 2018.