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Encyclopedia > Grosbeak

Grosbeak is the name given to several species of seed-eating passerine bird with large bills, in the finch and cardinal families. Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genera Many, see text Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, the many species of which are found chiefly in the northern hemisphere, but also to a limited extent in Africa and South America. ... This bird is very gay ...


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. Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in organisms. ...



The finch family, Fringillidae contains the following 11 extant species (plus two species of Grosbeak Canary): Genera Many, see text Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, the many species of which are found chiefly in the northern hemisphere, but also to a limited extent in Africa and South America. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...


The cardinal family, Cardinalidae, of the Americas contains the following 17 extant species: An endangered species is a species whose population is so small that it is in danger of becoming extinct. ... The cathedral of São Tomé São Tomé (population 53,300 (in 2003) is the capital city of São Tomé and Príncipe and is by far the nations largest town. ... West Africa is the region of western Africa generally considered to include these countries: Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Côte dIvoire (Ivory Coast) Equatorial Guinea Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria Republic of the Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) Senegal Sierra Leone Togo Chad, Mauritania, and... The term the Middle East sometimes applies to the peninsula alone, but usually refers to the Arabian Peninsula plus the Levant, Mesopotamia, and Iran. ... Map of the Socotra archipelago Socotra or Soqotra (Arabic سقطرة Suquá¹­rah) is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the Indian Ocean off the Horn of Africa some 350 km south of the Republic of Yemen, which administers Socotra for the Banu Afrar Mahra Sultanate of Qishn and... Binomial name Pinicola enucleator (Linnaeus,, 1758) The Pine Grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, is a large finch. ... The Holarctic is a term used by zoologists to define the ecozone covering much of Eurasia and North America, which have often been connected by the Bering land bridge. ... The Nearctic is one of the eight terrestrial ecozones dividing the Earths land surface. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Binomial name Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linnaeus, 1758) The Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. ... The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth surface (see map). ... Binomial name Coccothraustes coccothraustes (Linnaeus, 1758) The Hawfinch, Coccothraustes coccothraustes, is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. ... Binomial name Coccothraustes vespertinus (W. Cooper, 1825) The Evening Grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus, is a large finch. ... East Asia is a subregion of Asia. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Binomial name Eophona personata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1848) The Japanese Grosbeak, Eophona personata, is a finch. ... Map of South Asia South Asia is a subregion of Asia comprising the modern states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, . It covers about 4,480,000 km², or 10 percent of the continent, and is also known as the Indian subcontinent. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... This bird is very gay ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Map of the Americas by Jonghe, c. ...

  • 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. South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Neotropical or Neotropic relates to a biogeographical region in the New World, bordered in the north by the dry areas in Mexico and the southern states of the USA. in the south by southern Patagonia. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Neotropical or Neotropic relates to a biogeographical region in the New World, bordered in the north by the dry areas in Mexico and the southern states of the USA. in the south by southern Patagonia. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... See genus (mathematics) for the use of the term in mathematics. ... Binomial name Pheucticus ludovicianus (Linnaeus, 1766) The Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, is a large seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal. ... Neotropical or Neotropic relates to a biogeographical region in the New World, bordered in the north by the dry areas in Mexico and the southern states of the USA. in the south by southern Patagonia. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... The Ogasawara Islands (小笠原諸島) are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical islands some 1000 km directly south of central Tokyo, Japan. ... Genera Telespiza Psittirostra (extinct?) Dysmorodrepanis (extinct) Loxioides Rhodacanthis (extinct) Chloridops (extinct) Orthiospiza (extinct) Xestospiza (extinct) Pseudonestor Hemignathus Magumma (disputed) Akialoa (disputed; extinct) Heterorhynchus (disputed) Oreomystis Paroreomyza Vangulifer (extinct) Aidemedia (extinct) Loxops Ciridops (extinct) Vestiaria Drepanis (extinct) Palmeria Himatione Melamprosops (extinct?) Hawaiian honeycreepers are small passerine birds endemic to Hawaii. ...



 
 

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