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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.
Habitat: Diet: LC Rose-breasted grosbeak. Male Female Pheucticus ludovicianus (Linnaeus, 1766) east of the Rocky Mountains, to winter from central-southern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and Venezuela. Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Black-headed grosbeak. Male Female Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson, 1827)
This female evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) is considered to be a "typical" grosbeak.. Grosbeak / ˈ ɡ r oʊ s b iː k / is a form taxon containing various species of seed-eating passerine birds with large beaks.
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-shouldered grosbeak (Parkerthraustes humeralis) is a species of bird in the tanager family Thraupidae. It is the only member of its genus Parkerthraustes. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
The golden grosbeak (P. chrysogaster) used to be considered a member of the same species as the black-thighed grosbeak (P. tibialis) and yellow grosbeak (P. chrysopeplus); collectively, they went under the name yellow grosbeak (P. chrysopeplus). Southern yellow grosbeak was the common name given to the subspecies of yellow grosbeak found in the ...
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 ]
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]