Hesperiphona Explained

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		Canada and the western mountainous areas of the United States and Mexico
	Hesperiphona abeillei		Central America, principally in Mexico and Guatemala.

Notes and References

1. Bonaparte . Charles Lucien . Charles Lucien Bonaparte . 1850 . Sur plusieurs genres nouveaux de Passereaux . French . Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences . 31 . 423–424 [424] .
2. Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London, United Kingdom . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 190 .
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . 2020 . Finches, euphonias . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 13 January 2021 .