Biology:Hesperiphona

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Short description: Genus of birds

Hesperiphona
Hesperiphona vespertina CT3.jpg
Male evening grosbeak
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Hesperiphona
Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Fringilla vespertina
Cooper, W, 1825

Hesperiphona is a genus in the finch family Fringillidae.

The genus was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the evening grosbeak as the type species.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek hesperos meaning "evening" and phōnē meaning "sound" or "cry".[2]

Species

The genus contains two species:[3]

Genus HesperiphonaCooper, W, 1825 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Evening grosbeak

Hesperiphona vespertina
(W. Cooper, 1825)

Canada and the western mountainous areas of the United States and Mexico
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Hooded grosbeak

Hesperiphona abeillei
(Lesson, R, 1839)
Central America, principally in Mexico and Guatemala.
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References

  1. Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). "Sur plusieurs genres nouveaux de Passereaux" (in French). Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences 31: 423–424 [424]. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225044. 
  2. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n190/mode/1up. 
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (2020). "Finches, euphonias". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/finches/. Retrieved 13 January 2021. 

Wikidata ☰ Q3134714 entry