Caryothraustes

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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]

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