Pheucticus
Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.[1][2]
| Pheucticus | |
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| Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Pheucticus L. Reichenbach, 1850 |
| Species | |
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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]
The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek φευκτικός - pheuktikós "shy" or "inclined to avoid".[5]
- Yellow grosbeak, P. chrysopeplus
- Black-thighed grosbeak, P. tibialis
- Golden grosbeak, P. chrysogaster
- Black-backed grosbeak, P. aureoventris
- Rose-breasted grosbeak, P. ludovicianus
- Black-headed grosbeak, P. melanocephalus
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. Volume 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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