Grosbeaks
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Grosbeak is the name given to several species of seed-eating passerine bird with large bills, in the finch and cardinal families.
The following is a list of grosbeak species - note that the groups of species are not each other's closest relatives - they share the name grosbeak purely because of morphological similarity.
The finch family, Fringillidae contains the following 11 extant species (plus two species of Grosbeak Canary):
- The São Tomé Grosbeak, Neospiza concolor, a critically endangered restricted-range endemic found only in forests on the island of São Tomé off the West African coast, believed extinct until rediscovered in 1996
- The Golden-winged Grosbeak, Rynchostruthus socotranus, a localised species found in northern Somalia, mountains of south-west Arabia and on the island of Socotra
- The Pine Grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, a pan-Holarctic pine forest species
- The two Nearctic species in the genus Coccothraustes (which also contains a Palearctic species, the Hawfinch C. coccothraustes):
- Evening Grosbeak C. vespertinus : Related Web Resources: USGS
- Hooded Grosbeak C. abeillei
- The two species in the East Asian genus Eophona:
- Japanese Grosbeak E. personata
- Chinese (Yellow-Billed) Grosbeak E. migratoria : Relevant Web Resources: e-finch
- The four species in the South Asian genus Mycerobas:
- Black-and-yellow Grosbeak M. icterioides
- Collared Grosbeak M. affinis
- Spot-winged Grosbeak M. melanozanthos
- White-winged Grosbeak M. carnipes
The cardinal family, Cardinalidae, of the Americas contains the following 17 extant species:
- The Red-and-black Grosbeak, Periporphyrus erythromelas of northern South America
- Two species in the Neotropical genus Saltator (all other species in this genus are referred to as saltators):
- Slate-coloured Grosbeak, S. groseus
- Black-throated Grosbeak, S. fuliginosus
- The two species in the Neotropical genus Caryothraustes:
- Black-faced Grosbeak C. poliogaster
- Yellow-green Grosbeak C. canadensis
- The Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak Parkerthraustes humeralis of South America
- The Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Rhodothraupis celaeno, a restricted-range endemic found only in eastern Mexico
- The six species in the genus Pheucticus
- Yellow Grosbeak P. chrysopeplus
- Golden-bellied Grosbeak P. chrysogaster
- Black-thighed Grosbeak P. tibialis, a restricted-range endemic found only in the highlands of Costa Rica and Panama
- Black-backed Grosbeak P. aureoventris
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak P. ludovicianus
- Black-headed Grosbeak P. melanocephalus
- Two species in the Neotropical genus Cyanocampsa (this genus also contains the Blue Bunting C. parellina):
- Ultramarine Grosbeak C. brissonii
- Blue-black Grosbeak C. cyanoides
- The Glaucous-blue Grosbeak Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea of eastern South America
- The Blue Grosbeak Guiraca caerulea
In addition, there are two extinct species with the name grosbeak: the Bonin Grosbeak Chaunoproctus ferreorostris (a finch), found only on the Ogasawara Islands, which was last recorded in c. 1832, and the Kona Grosbeak or Grosbeak Finch, a Hawaiian honeycreeper, last recorded in c. 1896.
Finally, the weaver family (Ploceidae) contains a species called the Grosbeak Weaver.
(Source: Wikipedia.org)
Related Web Resources: GROSBEAKS: Grosbeak Photos (Birding Forum) ... Incubation / Fledging Times ... Grosbeak Clipart
- Black-headed Grosbeaks: USGS ... Birds of Nova Scotia ... Greennature.com
- Blue Grosbeaks (Guiraca coerulea): Birds of Nova Scotia ... USGS ... Birds of Nova Scotia ... CentralPets.com
- Evening Grosbeaks: Birds of Nova Scotia
- Pine Grosbeaks
- Rose-breasted Grosbeaks: Rose-breasted Grosbeaks! (WBU's Feeder Cam - Photos) ... Birds of Nova Scotia
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