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The black-and-yellow grosbeak (Mycerobas icterioides) is a species of finch native to the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, primarily the lower and middle Himalayas. It is in the family Fringillidae. The species ranges across Afghanistan, India, Nepal and Pakistan where its natural habitat is temperate forests.
The yellow grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus), also known as the Mexican yellow grosbeak, is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the northern cardinal, "tropical" or "New World" buntings, and "cardinal-grosbeaks" or New World grosbeaks.
Caryothraustes is a genus of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae. The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850. [2] The type species was subsequently designated as the yellow-green grosbeak. [3] [4] The name Caryothraustes combines the Ancient Greek words karuon "nut" and thraustēs "breaker". [5]
The beak color is yellow (hence the common name of "yellow-billed grosbeak") with a black tip. The body is of a uniform gray color, darker on the back and wings and lighter and tending to silver on the belly, with accentuated brown shades on the sides.
Yellow grosbeak. Pheucticus chrysopeplus (Vigors, 1832) Pacific slope of Mexico from central Sonora to northwestern Oaxaca, and in southern Chiapas and Guatemala: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Black-thighed grosbeak. Pheucticus tibialis Lawrence, 1867: Costa Rica and western Panama. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Golden grosbeak. Pheucticus chrysogaster ...
Typical grosbeak finches. The two Nearctic species in the genus Hesperiphona (formerly in Coccothraustes): Evening grosbeak, H. vespertina; Hooded grosbeak, H. abeillei; The two species in the East Asian genus Eophona: Japanese grosbeak, E. personata; Chinese grosbeak or yellow-billed grosbeak, E. migratoria; The four species in the South Asian ...
One of these was the yellow-green grosbeak. Linnaeus included a terse description, used the binomial name Loxia canadensis and cited Brisson's work. [ 4 ] Linnaeus mistakenly claimed that the species occurred in Canada rather than Cayenne and introduced the specific name canadensis for Canada where the bird does not occur. [ 5 ]
The pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) is a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae. It is the only species in the genus Pinicola . It is found in coniferous woods across Alaska , the western mountains of the United States , Canada , and in subarctic Fennoscandia and across the Palearctic to Siberia .