Pheucticus
Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.[1][2]
| Pheucticus | |
|---|---|
|  | |
| Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Order: | Passeriformes | 
| Family: | Cardinalidae | 
| Genus: | Pheucticus Reichenbach, 1850 | 
| Species | |
| See text | |
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]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution | 
|---|---|---|---|
|  | Yellow grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysopeplus | Pacific slope of Mexico from central Sonora to northwestern Oaxaca, and in southern Chiapas and Guatemala | 
| .jpg.webp) | Black-thighed grosbeak | Pheucticus tibialis | Costa Rica and western Panama. | 
|  | Golden grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysogaster | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela | 
|  | Black-backed grosbeak | Pheucticus aureoventris | Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. | 
|  | Rose-breasted grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus | east of the Rocky Mountains, to winter from central-southern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and Venezuela. | 
| .jpg.webp) | Black-headed grosbeak | Pheucticus melanocephalus | US Great Plains and from southwestern Canada to the mountains of Mexico. | 
References
    
- "ITIS Report:Pheucticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel. Dresden: Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. Plate 78.
- Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 217.
- 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.
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