Hooded grosbeak explained

The hooded grosbeak (Hesperiphona abeillei) is a passerine bird in the finch family found in the highlands of Central America, principally in Mexico and Guatemala.^[1]

This is a medium large grosbeak with a large bill. The male has a black head and bright yellow upper parts. The female is less brightly coloured and has a smaller black cap.^[2]

The species was briefly described by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1839 under the binomial name Guiraca abaillei.^[3] The International Ornithologists' Union now assigns the hooded grosbeak together with the closely related evening grosbeak to the genus Hesperiphona.^[4] This genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850.^[5] Some authorities place these two grosbeak species together with the hawfinch in the genus Coccothraustes.^[6]

External links

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Notes and References

1. Book: Howell . Steve . Webb . Sophie . A Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Northern Central America . Oxford University Press . 1995 . 762 . 0-19-854012-4 .
2. Book: Clement, P. . Hooded Grosbeak (Hesperiphona abeillei) . 2014 . del Hoyo . J . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . 10.2173/bow.hoogro1.01 . 216433565 . http://www.hbw.com/node/61428 . 24 June 2015.
3. Lesson . René P. . René Lesson . 1840 . Oiseaux rares ou nouveau de la collection du Docteur Abeillé à Bordeaux . Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne . la, fr . 2 . 41 .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Donsker . David . Finches, euphonias . World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. 5 June 2015 .
5. Bonaparte . Charles Lucien . Sur plusieurs genres nouveaux de Passereaux . Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences . 1850 . 31 . 424 . fr .
6. Web site: Clements . J.F. . Schulenberg . T.S. . Iliff . M.J. . Roberson . D. . Fredericks . T.A. . Sullivan . B.L. . Wood . C.L. . 2014 . eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9 . The Cornell Lab of Ornithology . 23 June 2015 .