Pheucticus

Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.[1][2]

Pheucticus
Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Pheucticus
L. Reichenbach, 1850
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]

The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek φευκτικός - pheuktikós "shy" or "inclined to avoid".[5]

References

  1. "ITIS Report:Pheucticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  3. Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel. Dresden: Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. Plate 78.
  4. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Volume 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 217.
  5. 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 5 May 2018.
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