Genus of birds
Hesperiphona |
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Male evening grosbeak |
Scientific classification |
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]
The genus contains two species:[3]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
| Hesperiphona vespertina | Evening grosbeak | Canada and the western mountainous areas of the United States and Mexico |
| Hesperiphona abeillei | Hooded grosbeak | Central America, principally in Mexico and Guatemala. |
References
- ^ Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1850). "Sur plusieurs genres nouveaux de Passereaux". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 31: 423–424 [424].
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. p. 190. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). "Finches, euphonias". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
Genera of finches, sparrows and tanagers
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Taxon identifiers |
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Hesperiphona | |
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