Caryothraustes

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Caryothraustes
Black-faced grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)
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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]

Extant Species

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The genus contains two species:[6]

Genus Caryothraustes Reichenbach, 1850 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Yellow-green grosbeak

File:Caryothraustes canadensis - Yellow-green Grosbeak; Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil.jpg

Caryothraustes canadensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela
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Black-faced grosbeak

File:Black-faced Grosbeak - Panama H8O0281 (23184904673).jpg

Caryothraustes poliogaster
(Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847)
Central America
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