Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.[1] [2]
The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850.[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the black-backed grosbeak.[4]
The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek φευκτικός - pheuktikós "shy" or "inclined to avoid".[5]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow grosbeak | Pheucticus chrysopeplus | Pacific slope of Mexico from central Sonora to northwestern Oaxaca, and in southern Chiapas and Guatemala | |
| Pheucticus tibialis | Costa Rica and western Panama. | ||
| Pheucticus chrysogaster | Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela | ||
| Pheucticus aureoventris | Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. | ||
| Pheucticus ludovicianus | east of the Rocky Mountains, to winter from central-southern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and Venezuela. | ||
| Pheucticus melanocephalus | US Great Plains and from southwestern Canada to the mountains of Mexico. | ||