Pheucticus
Genus of birds
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Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.[1][2]
| Pheucticus | |
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| Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Pheucticus Reichenbach, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Pitylus aureoventris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 | |
| 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]
Species
The 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow grosbeak
|
Pheucticus chrysopeplus (Vigors, 1832) |
Pacific slope of Mexico from central Sonora to northwestern Oaxaca, and in southern Chiapas and Guatemala |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Black-thighed grosbeak
|
Pheucticus tibialis Lawrence, 1867 |
Costa Rica and western Panama. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Golden grosbeak
|
Pheucticus chrysogaster (Lesson, 1832) |
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Black-backed grosbeak
|
Pheucticus aureoventris (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) Five subspecies
|
Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Rose-breasted grosbeak
Male
|
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. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
|
| Black-headed grosbeak
Male
|
Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson, 1827) |
US Great Plains and from southwestern Canada to the mountains of Mexico. |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
LC
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