Caryothraustes

Caryothraustes is a genus of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae.

Caryothraustes
Black-faced grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cardinalidae
Genus:	Caryothraustes L. Reichenbach, 1850

The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the yellow-green grosbeak.[2][3] The name Caryothraustes combines the Ancient Greek words karuon "nut" and thraustēs "breaker".[4]

The genus contains two species:[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Caryothraustes canadensis	Yellow-green grosbeak	Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela
	Caryothraustes poliogaster	Black-faced grosbeak	Caribbean

References

1. Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel. Dresden: Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. Plate 78.
2. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 224.
3. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
4. Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 May 2018.