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Grosbeak is the name given to a form taxon
Form taxon

Form taxon is a biological term with two uses:In general taxonomy, it is a kind of wastebasket taxon, either a taxon that is not a natural group but united by shared plesiomorphies, or a presumably artificial group of organisms whose true relationships are not known, being obscured by ecomorphological similarity....
 containing several species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 of seed-eating passerine
Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders:...
 birds with large beak
Beak

The beak, bill or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds which, in addition to eating, is used for Personal grooming#In animals, manipulating objects, killing prey, probing for food, Courtship#Courtship in the animal kingdom and feeding their young....
s. Although they all belong to the superfamily Passeroidea, they are not a natural group but rather a polyphyletic assemblage of distantly related songbird
Songbird

A songbird or oscine is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of Passerine , in which the syrinx is developed in such a way as to produce various sound notes, commonly known as bird song....
s.

The following is a list of grosbeak species, arranged in groups of closely related genera
Genera

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. Note that these genera are more closely related to smaller-billed birds than to other grosbeaks.






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Grosbeak is the name given to a form taxon
Form taxon

Form taxon is a biological term with two uses:In general taxonomy, it is a kind of wastebasket taxon, either a taxon that is not a natural group but united by shared plesiomorphies, or a presumably artificial group of organisms whose true relationships are not known, being obscured by ecomorphological similarity....
 containing several species
Species

In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring....
 of seed-eating passerine
Passerine

A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. Sometimes known as perching birds or, less accurately, as songbirds, the passerines form one of the most diverse terrestrial vertebrate orders:...
 birds with large beak
Beak

The beak, bill or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds which, in addition to eating, is used for Personal grooming#In animals, manipulating objects, killing prey, probing for food, Courtship#Courtship in the animal kingdom and feeding their young....
s. Although they all belong to the superfamily Passeroidea, they are not a natural group but rather a polyphyletic assemblage of distantly related songbird
Songbird

A songbird or oscine is a bird belonging to the suborder Passeri of Passerine , in which the syrinx is developed in such a way as to produce various sound notes, commonly known as bird song....
s.

The following is a list of grosbeak species, arranged in groups of closely related genera
Genera

Genera is a commercial operating system and development environment for Lisp machines developed by Symbolics. It is essentially a Fork of an earlier operating system originating on the MIT AI Lab's Lisp machines which Symbolics had used in common with Lisp Machines, Inc....
. Note that these genera are more closely related to smaller-billed birds than to other grosbeaks. The single exception are the three genera of "typical grosbeak finches", which indeed form a group of closest living relatives and might thus be considered the "true" grosbeaks.

Grosbeak finches

The finch
Finch

Finches are passerine birds, often seed-eating, found mainly in the northern hemisphere and Africa. One subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics. The family scientific name Fringillidae comes from the Latin word "fringilla", meaning chaffinch, a member of this family that is common in Europe....
 family
Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is a taxonomic rank. Exact details of formal nomenclature depend on the Nomenclature Codes which applies....
 (Fringillidae) contains 13 living species named "grosbeak":

Typical grosbeak finches
  • The two Nearctic
    Nearctic

    The Nearctic is one of the eight Terrestrial ecoregion ecozones dividing the Earth's land surface.The Nearctic ecozone covers most of North America, including Greenland and the highlands of Mexico....
     and one Palearctic
    Palearctic

    The Palearctic or Palaearctic is one of the eight ecozones dividing the Earth surface.Physically, the Palearctic is the largest ecozone....
     species in the genus
    Genus

    A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
     Coccothraustes
    Coccothraustes

    Coccothraustes is a genus of large Finch containing three species:* Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes* Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus...
    :
    • Evening Grosbeak
      Evening Grosbeak

      The Evening Grosbeak, Coccothraustes vespertinus, is a large finch. In the past, it was treated in a genus of its own as Hesperiphona vespertina, but is now usually placed in the same genus as the Hawfinch of Eurasia....
      , C. vespertinus
    • Hooded Grosbeak
      Hooded Grosbeak

      The Hooded Grosbeak Coccothraustes abeillei is found in Central America, mostly in Mexico. Males resemble male Evening Grosbeaks but have completely black heads....
      , C. abeillei
    • European Grosbeak or Hawfinch, C. coccothraustes
  • The two species in the East Asian genus
    Genus

    A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
     Eophona
    Eophona

    Eophona is a genus of Finch containing two species:* Yellow-billed Grosbeak Eophona migratoria* Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata...
    :
    • Japanese Grosbeak
      Japanese Grosbeak

      The Japanese Grosbeak, Eophona personata, is a finch native to East Asia.References...
      , E. personata
    • Chinese Grosbeak or Yellow-billed Grosbeak, E. migratoria
  • The four species in the South Asian genus
    Genus

    A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
     Mycerobas
    Mycerobas

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    • Black-and-yellow Grosbeak
      Black-and-yellow Grosbeak

      The Black-And-Yellow Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan.Its natural habitat is temperate forests....
      , M. icterioides
    • Collared Grosbeak
      Collared Grosbeak

      The Collared Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand....
      , M. affinis
    • Spot-winged Grosbeak
      Spot-winged Grosbeak

      The Spot-Winged Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam....
      , M. melanozanthos
    • White-winged Grosbeak
      White-winged Grosbeak

      The White-Winged Grosbeak is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan....
      , M. carnipes
Grosbeak bullfinch
  • The Pine Grosbeak
    Pine Grosbeak

    The Pine Grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, is a large finch. It is the only member of its genus, Pinicola. It is found in coniferous woods across Canada, Alaska and the western mountains of the United States, and in northern Fennoscandia....
    , Pinicola enucleator, a pan-Holarctic
    Holarctic

    The Holarctic ecozone refers to the habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world as a whole. This region is divided into the Palearctic, consisting of Northern Africa and all of Eurasia, with the exception of Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent, and the Nearctic, consisting of North America south to northern Mexico....
     pine forest species
Grosbeak goldfinches
  • The three golden-winged grosbeak
    Golden-winged grosbeak

    The genus Rhynchostruthus is a small group of finches in the family Fringillinae. Commonly known as golden-winged grosbeaks, they are attractive, chunky, medium-sized, robust-billed songbirds restricted to the southern Arabian and northern Somalian regions....
    s in the genmus Rhynchostruthus, found in northern Somalia
    Somalia

    Somalia , officially the Republic of Somalia and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic, is a country located in the Horn of Africa....
    , mountains of south-west Arabia and on the island of Socotra
    Socotra

    Socotra or Soqotra is a small archipelago of four islands and islets in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Horn of Africa some south of the Arabian peninsula, belonging to the Yemen....
     and often considered a single species:
    • Somali Grosbeak
      Somali Grosbeak

      The Somali Grosbeak or Somali Golden-winged Grosbeak is a finch endemism to northern Somalia. It is included as a subspecies in R. socotranus by some authorities, but in recent times the three golden-winged grosbeak populations are usually considered distinct species....
      , R. louisae
    • Arabian Grosbeak
      Arabian Grosbeak

      The 'Arabian Grosbeak' or 'Arabian Golden-winged Grosbeak' is a finch found in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen. It is included as a subspecies in R....
      , R. percivali
    • Socotra Grosbeak
      Socotra Grosbeak

      The Socotra Grosbeak or Socotra Golden-winged Grosbeak is a finch endemism to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Yemen....
      , R. socotranus
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  • The São Tomé Grosbeak
    São Tomé Grosbeak

    The S?o Tom? Grosbeak, Neospiza concolor, is a large, chunky finch with a massive bill. It is endemic to the island of S?o Tom? Island.Until recently this bird was known only from three nineteenth century specimens....
    , Neospiza concolor, a critically endangered
    Critically endangered

    ---- Organisms with a conservation status of critically endangered have an extremely high risk of becoming extinct....
     restricted-range endemic found only in forests on the island of São Tomé
    São Tomé

    S?o Tom? is the capital city of S?o Tom? and Pr?ncipe and is by far that nation's largest town. Its name is Portuguese language for "Thomas "....
     off the West Africa
    West Africa

    West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. Geopolitically, the United Nations subregion of Western Africa includes the following 16 countries distributed over an area of approximately 5 million square km:...
    n coast, believed extinct until rediscovered in 1996


Two species in the genus Serinus
Serinus

The genus Serinus is a large genus of birds in the finch family Fringillidae found mostly in the Afrotropical region with some outlying species in Europe and Asia....
 are named "Grosbeak-canaries": the Abyssinian Grosbeak-canary (Serinus donaldsoni) and the Southern Grosbeak-canary
Southern Grosbeak-canary

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 or Kenya Grosbeak-canary (Serinus buchanani). The genus Serinus is somewhat closely related to the golden-winged grosbeaks.

In addition, there are two extinct Fringillidae "grosbeaks": the Bonin Grosbeak
Bonin Grosbeak

The Bonin Grosbeak or Bonin Islands Grosbeak is an extinct finch, the only species of the genus Chaunoproctus. It is one of the diverse bird taxa that are vernacularly called "grosbeaks", but it is not closely related to the Coccothraustes....
 (Chaunoproctus ferreorostris), found only on the Ogasawara Islands
Ogasawara Islands

The are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some 1,000 km directly south of Tokyo, Japan. Administratively, they form one of the villages of Tokyo....
, which was last recorded in 1832, and the Kona Grosbeak
Kona Grosbeak

The Kona Grosbeak is an Extinction species of finch in the Hawaiian honeycreeper Family , Drepanidinae. The Kona Grosbeak was Endemism to naio forests on Lava#?A?a lava flows at elevations of near the Kona District, Hawaii on the Hawaii ....
 or Grosbeak Finch (Chloridops kona), a Hawaiian honeycreeper
Hawaiian honeycreeper

Hawaiian honeycreepers are small passerine birds Endemism to Hawaii. Some authorities still categorize this group as a family Drepanididae, but in recent years most authorities consider them a Family , Drepanidinae, of Fringillidae, the finch family....
, last recorded in 1896.

Cardinal-grosbeaks

The cardinal
Cardinal (bird)

The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of passerine birds found in North America and South America. The South American cardinals in the genus Paroaria are placed in another family, the Thraupidae ....
 family (Cardinalidae) of the Americas
Americas

The Americas are the region of the Western hemisphere that consists of the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions....
 contains the following 17 "grosbeaks":

Masked cardinal-grosbeaks
  • The Red-and-black Grosbeak
    Red-and-black Grosbeak

    The Red-And-Black Grosbeak is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
    , Periporphyrus erythromelas of northern South America
    South America

    South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
  • The two species in the Neotropical genus
    Genus

    A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
     Caryothraustes
    Caryothraustes

    Caryothraustes is a genus of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It contains the following species:* Yellow-Green Grosbeak * Black-faced Grosbeak ...
    :
    • Black-faced Grosbeak
      Black-faced Grosbeak

      The Black-faced Grosbeak, Caryothraustes poliogaster, is a large seed-eating bird in the Cardinal , which is a resident breeding species from southeastern Mexico to eastern Panama....
      , C. poliogaster
    • Yellow-green Grosbeak
      Yellow-green Grosbeak

      The Yellow-Green Grosbeak is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela....
      , C. canadensis
  • The Crimson-collared Grosbeak
    Crimson-collared Grosbeak

    The Crimson-collared Grosbeak, Rhodothraupis celaeno, is a medium-size seed- and leaf-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, Cardinalidae....
    , Rhodothraupis celaeno, a restricted-range endemic found only in eastern Mexico
    Mexico

    The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
Blue cardinal-grosbeaks
  • Two species in the Neotropical genus Cyanocompsa
    Cyanocompsa

    Cyanocompsa is a genus of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It contains the following species:* Ultramarine Grosbeak * Blue Bunting * Blue-black Grosbeak ...
     which also contains the Blue Bunting
    Blue Bunting

    The Blue Bunting is a species of passerine bird found in northern Central America. Measuring in length with a wingspan of , it is one of the smaller members of its genus....
     (C. parellina):
    • Ultramarine Grosbeak
      Ultramarine Grosbeak

      The Ultramarine Grosbeak is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela....
      , C. brissonii
    • Blue-black Grosbeak
      Blue-black Grosbeak

      The Blue-black Grosbeak is a species of songbird in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
      , C. cyanoides
  • The Glaucous-blue Grosbeak (Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea) of eastern South America
    South America

    South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....
  • One species (sometimes separated in Guiraca) in the genus Passerina
    Passerina

    The genus Passerina is a group of birds in the Cardinal family Cardinalidae. Although not directly related to Bunting in the family Emberizidae, they are sometimes known as the North American buntings ....
    , which also contains the North American buntings:
    • Blue Grosbeak
      Blue Grosbeak

      Blue Grosbeak , is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, "tropical" or New World buntings, and "cardinal-grosbeaks" or New World grosbeaks....
      , Passerina caerulea
Typical cardinal-grosbeaks
  • The six species in the genus
    Genus

    A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
     Pheucticus
    Pheucticus

    Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks....
    • Yellow Grosbeak
      Yellow Grosbeak

      The Yellow Grosbeak , Pheucticus chrysopeplus, is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, "tropical" or "New World" buntings, and "cardinal-grosbeaks" or "New World" grosbeaks....
      , P. chrysopeplus
    • Golden-bellied Grosbeak
      Golden-bellied Grosbeak

      The Golden-bellied Grosbeak or Southern Yellow-bellied Grosbeak, is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family. It is very similar to, and has sometimes been considered conspecific with the Yellow Grosbeak....
      , P. chrysogaster
    • Black-thighed Grosbeak
      Black-thighed Grosbeak

      The Black-thighed Grosbeak, Pheucticus tibialis, is a large seed-eating bird in the Cardinal , which is endemic to the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama....
      , P. tibialis, a restricted-range endemic found only in the highlands of Costa Rica
      Costa Rica

      Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
       and Panama
      Panama

      Panama, officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America and, in turn, North America. Situated on an isthmus connecting North and South America, some categorize it as a transcontinental nation....
    • Black-backed Grosbeak
      Black-backed Grosbeak

      The Black-backed Grosbeak, Pheucticus aureoventris is a large finch type bird found in South America. They are often kept as cagebirds....
      , P. aureoventris
    • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
      Rose-breasted Grosbeak

      The Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, is a large seed-eating bird in the Cardinal .The adult is 19 cm long and weighs 47 g....
      , P. ludovicianus
    • Black-headed Grosbeak
      Black-headed Grosbeak

      The Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus, is a medium-size seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, the Cardinalidae....
      , P. melanocephalus


Grosbeak tanagers?

Three additional species of "grosbeaks" have long been placed in the Cardinalidae, but actually seem to be closer to the tanager
Tanager

The tanagers are a family , Thraupidae, of birds in the order Passeriformes. The family has an Americas distribution.There were traditionally about 240 species of tanagers, but the taxonomic treatment of this family's members is currently in a state of flux....
 family (Thraupidae):
  • Two species in the Neotropical genus
    Genus

    A genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The taxonomic ranks are domain , kingdom , phylum, class , order , family , genus, and species....
     Saltator
    Saltator

    Saltator is an United States genus of songbird. They are traditionally placed in the Cardinal family but actually seem to be closer to tanagers ....
    , which also contains the saltators:
    • Slate-coloured Grosbeak
      Slate-coloured Grosbeak

      The Slate-Coloured Grosbeak is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
      , S. groseus
    • Black-throated Grosbeak
      Black-throated Grosbeak

      The Black-throated Grosbeak is a species of songbird. Traditionally placed in the cardinal , it actually seems to be closer to the tanagers – see the saltator for details....
      , S. fuliginosus
  • The Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak
    Yellow-shouldered Grosbeak

    The Yellow-Shouldered Grosbeak is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family, or possibly a tanager . It is the only member of its genus Parkerthraustes....
    , Parkerthraustes humeralis of South America
    South America

    South America is the southern continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere....


Grosbeak Weaver

Finally, the weaver family (Ploceidae) contains a species called the Grosbeak Weaver
Grosbeak Weaver

The Grosbeak Weaver is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Amblyospiza.It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia...
 (Amblyospiza albifrons).

External links

  • The Burgess Bird Book for Children
  • RoseBreasted Grosbeak
  • All About Birds
  • Birds -Everything About Grosbeaks