Caryothraustes Explained

Caryothraustes is a genus of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae.

The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850.^[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the yellow-green grosbeak.^{[2] [3]} The name Caryothraustes combines the Ancient Greek words karuon "nut" and thraustēs "breaker".^[4]

The genus contains two species:^[5]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Caryothraustes canadensis		Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela
	Caryothraustes poliogaster		Central America

Notes and References

1. Book: Reichenbach, Ludwig . Ludwig Reichenbach . 1850 . Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel . Dresden . Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte . Plate 78 .
2. Book: Paynter . Raymond A. Jr . 1970 . Check-list of Birds of the World . 13 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 224 .
3. Book: Dickinson . E.C. . Edward C. Dickinson . Christidis . L. . Leslie Christidis . 2014 . The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . 2: Passerines . 4th . Eastbourne, UK . Aves Press . 978-0-9568611-2-2 . 387 .
4. Web site: Jobling . J.A. . 2018 . Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology . del Hoyo . J. . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . 1 May 2018 .
5. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . 2018 . Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies . World Bird List Version 8.1 . International Ornithologists' Union . 1 May 2018 .