Biology:Pheucticus
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Short description: Genus of birds
| 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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Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.[1][2]
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]
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Yellow grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysopeplus | Pacific slope of Mexico from central Sonora to northwestern Oaxaca, and in southern Chiapas and Guatemala |
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Black-thighed grosbeak | Pheucticus tibialis | Costa Rica and western Panama. |
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Golden grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysogaster | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela |
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Black-backed grosbeak | Pheucticus aureoventris | Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. |
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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. |
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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. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=179138. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds (2018). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/cardinals/. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ↑ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel. 1. Dresden: Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. Plate 78. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47618521.
- ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 217. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14483452.
- ↑ Jobling, J.A. (2018). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/pheucticus. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q639234 entry
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