Caryothraustes

Genus of birds

Caryothraustes
Black-faced grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Caryothraustes
Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Coccothraustes viridis[1] = Loxia canadensis
Linnaeus, 1766

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 genus contains two species:[6]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Caryothraustes canadensis Yellow-green grosbeak Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela
Caryothraustes poliogaster Black-faced grosbeak Central America
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Genera of finches, sparrows and tanagers
Estrildidae
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Erythrurinae
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Ploceidae
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Fringillidae
Carduelinae
Euphoniinae
Fringillinae
Motacillidae
Peucedramidae
Emberizoidea
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Calcariidae
Calyptophilidae
Cardinalidae
Emberizidae
Icteridae
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Icteriidae
Mitrospingidae
Nesospingidae
Parulidae
Passerellidae
Phaenicophilidae
Rhodinocichlidae
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Teretistridae
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incertae sedis
Agelaiinae
Amblycercinae
Cassicinae
Dolichonychinae
Icterinae
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Sturnellinae
Xanthocephalinae
Catamblyrhynchinae
Charitospizinae
Coerebinae
Dacninae
Diglossinae
Emberizoidinae
Hemithraupinae
Nemosiinae
Orchesticinae
Poospizinae
Porphyrospizinae
Saltatorinae
Sporophilinae
Tachyphoninae
Thraupinae
Taxon identifiers
Caryothraustes

References

  1. ^ "Cardinalidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel. Dresden: Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. Plate 78.
  3. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 224.
  4. ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
  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 1 May 2018.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 May 2018.


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