Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.[1][2]
| Pheucticus | |
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| Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Pheucticus Reichenbach, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Pitylus aureoventris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
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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
editThe name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek φευκτικός - pheuktikós "shy" or "inclined to avoid".[5]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Yellow grosbeak
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Pheucticus chrysopeplus (Vigors, 1832) |
Pacific slope of Mexico from central Sonora to northwestern Oaxaca, and in southern Chiapas and Guatemala
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Black-thighed grosbeak
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Pheucticus tibialis Lawrence, 1867 |
Costa Rica and western Panama.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Golden grosbeak
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Pheucticus chrysogaster (Lesson, 1832) |
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Black-backed grosbeak
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Pheucticus aureoventris (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) Five subspecies
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Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Rose-breasted grosbeak
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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.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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| Black-headed grosbeak
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Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson, 1827) |
US Great Plains and from southwestern Canada to the mountains of Mexico.
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Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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References
edit- ^ "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. Vol. 1. 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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