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Grosbeak

Index Grosbeak

Grosbeak is a form taxon containing various species of seed-eating passerine birds with large beaks. [1]

81 relations: Americas, Arabian golden-winged grosbeak, Arabian Peninsula, Beak, Black-and-yellow grosbeak, Black-backed grosbeak, Black-faced grosbeak, Black-headed grosbeak, Black-thighed grosbeak, Black-throated grosbeak, Blue bunting, Blue grosbeak, Blue-black grosbeak, Bonin grosbeak, Bonin Islands, Cardinal (bird), Carduelinae, Caryothraustes, Chinese grosbeak, Coccothraustes, Collared grosbeak, Costa Rica, Crimson-collared grosbeak, Crithagra, Critically endangered, Cyanocompsa, East Asia, Endemic Bird Area, Eophona, Evening grosbeak, Family (biology), Finch, Form classification, Genus, Glaucous-blue grosbeak, Golden grosbeak, Golden-winged grosbeak, Hawaiian honeycreeper, Holarctic, Hooded grosbeak, Japanese grosbeak, Kona grosbeak, Mexico, Mycerobas, Nearctic realm, Neotropical realm, Northern grosbeak-canary, Panama, Passerida, Passerina, ..., Passerine, Pheucticus, Pine grosbeak, Ploceidae, Polyphyly, Red-and-black grosbeak, Rose-breasted grosbeak, Saltator, São Tomé, São Tomé grosbeak, Slate-coloured grosbeak, Socotra, Socotra golden-winged grosbeak, Somali golden-winged grosbeak, Somalia, Songbird, South America, South Asia, Southern grosbeak-canary, Species, Spot-winged grosbeak, Subfamily, Tanager, Taxonomic rank, Thick-billed weaver, Ultramarine grosbeak, West Africa, White-winged grosbeak, Yellow grosbeak, Yellow-green grosbeak, Yellow-shouldered grosbeak. Expand index (31 more) »

Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Arabian golden-winged grosbeak

The Arabian golden-winged grosbeak or Arabian grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus percivali) is a finch found in Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen.

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Arabian Peninsula

The Arabian Peninsula, simplified Arabia (شِبْهُ الْجَزِيرَةِ الْعَرَبِيَّة, ‘Arabian island’ or جَزِيرَةُ الْعَرَب, ‘Island of the Arabs’), is a peninsula of Western Asia situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian plate.

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Beak

The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds that is used for eating and for preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, courtship and feeding young.

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Black-and-yellow grosbeak

The black-and-yellow grosbeak (Mycerobas icterioides) is a species of finch native to the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, primarily the lower and middle Himalayas.

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Black-backed grosbeak

The black-backed grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris) is a large finch-type bird found in South America in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.

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Black-faced grosbeak

The black-faced grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster) is a large seed-eating bird in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae), which is a resident breeding species from south-eastern Mexico to eastern Panama.

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Black-headed grosbeak

The black-headed grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus) is a medium-sized, seed-eating bird in the same family as the northern cardinal, the Cardinalidae.

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Black-thighed grosbeak

The black-thighed grosbeak (Pheucticus tibialis) is a large seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, which is endemic to the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama.

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Black-throated grosbeak

The black-throated grosbeak (Saltator fuliginosus) is a species of songbird.

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Blue bunting

The blue bunting (Cyanocompsa parellina) is a species of passerine bird found in Central America.

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Blue grosbeak

The blue grosbeak (Passerina caerulea), 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.

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Blue-black grosbeak

The blue-black grosbeak (Cyanocompsa cyanoides) is a species of songbird in the Cardinalidae family.

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Bonin grosbeak

The Bonin grosbeak or Bonin Islands grosbeak (Carpodacus ferreorostris) is an extinct finch.

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Bonin Islands

The Bonin Islands, also known as the, are an archipelago of over 30 subtropical and tropical islands, some directly south of Tokyo, Japan.

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Cardinal (bird)

Cardinals, in the family Cardinalidae, are passerine birds found in North and South America.

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Carduelinae

The cardueline finches are a subfamily, Carduelinae, one of three subfamilies of the finch family Fringillidae, the others being the Fringillinae and the Euphoniinae.

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Caryothraustes

Caryothraustes is a genus of grosbeak in the Cardinalidae family.

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Chinese grosbeak

The Chinese grosbeak or yellow-billed grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.

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Coccothraustes

Coccothraustes is a genus of the finch family (Fringillidae) that contains three species.

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Collared grosbeak

The collared grosbeak (Mycerobas affinis) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.

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Costa Rica

Costa Rica ("Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica (República de Costa Rica), is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island.

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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.

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Crithagra

Crithagra is a genus of small passerine birds in the finch family (Fringillidae).

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Critically endangered

A critically endangered (CR) species is one which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

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Cyanocompsa

Cyanocompsa is a genus of grosbeak in the Cardinalidae family.

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East Asia

East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent, which can be defined in either geographical or ethno-cultural "The East Asian cultural sphere evolves when Japan, Korea, and what is today Vietnam all share adapted elements of Chinese civilization of this period (that of the Tang dynasty), in particular Buddhism, Confucian social and political values, and literary Chinese and its writing system." terms.

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Endemic Bird Area

An Endemic Bird Area (EBA) is an area of land identified by BirdLife International as being important for habitat-based bird conservation because it contains the habitats of restricted-range bird species (see below for definition), which are thereby endemic to them.

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Eophona

The Oriental grosbeaks (Eophona) are a genus of finches containing two species: The genus was introduced in 1851 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould.

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Evening grosbeak

The evening grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus) is a passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae found in North America.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Finch

The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae.

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Form classification

Form classification is the classification of organisms based on their morphology, which does not necessarily reflect their biological relationships.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Glaucous-blue grosbeak

The glaucous-blue grosbeak (Cyanoloxia glaucocaerulea), also known as the indigo grosbeak, is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae.

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Golden grosbeak

The golden grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster), also known as golden-bellied grosbeak or southern yellow grosbeak, is a species of grosbeak in the Cardinalidae family.

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Golden-winged grosbeak

The genus Rhynchostruthus is a small group of finches in the family Fringillinae.

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Hawaiian honeycreeper

Hawaiian honeycreepers are small, passerine birds endemic to Hawaiokinai.

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Holarctic

The Holarctic is the name for the biogeographic realm that encompasses the majority of habitats found throughout the northern continents of the world, combining Wallace's Palearctic zoogeographical region, consisting of North Africa and all of Eurasia (with the exception of the southern Arabian Peninsula, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent), and the Nearctic zoogeographical region, consisting of North America, north of Mexico.

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Hooded grosbeak

The hooded grosbeak (Coccothraustes abeillei) is a passerine bird in the finch family found in the highlands of Central America, principally in Mexico.

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Japanese grosbeak

The Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata) or Ikaruga is a finch native to East Asia.

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Kona grosbeak

The Kona grosbeak (Chloridops kona) is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper.

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Mexico

Mexico (México; Mēxihco), officially called the United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos) is a federal republic in the southern portion of North America.

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Mycerobas

The Mycerobas grosbeaks are a genus of finch in the family Fringillidae.

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Nearctic realm

The Nearctic is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.

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Neotropical realm

The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.

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Northern grosbeak-canary

The northern grosbeak-canary or Abyssinian grosbeak canary (Crithagra donaldsoni) is a species of passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

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Panama

Panama (Panamá), officially the Republic of Panama (República de Panamá), is a country in Central America, bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south.

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Passerida

Passerida is, under the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, one of two parvorders contained within the suborder Passeri (standard taxonomic practice would place them at the rank of infraorder).

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Passerina

The genus Passerina is a group of birds in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae).

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Passerine

A passerine is any bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species.

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Pheucticus

Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.

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Pine grosbeak

The pine grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator) is a large member of the true finch family, Fringillidae.

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Ploceidae

The Ploceidae are a family of small passerine birds, many of which are called weavers or weaverbirds.

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Polyphyly

A polyphyletic group is a set of organisms, or other evolving elements, that have been grouped together but do not share an immediate common ancestor.

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Red-and-black grosbeak

The red-and-black grosbeak (Periporphyrus erythromelas) is a species of grosbeaks in the family Cardinalidae.

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Rose-breasted grosbeak

The rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) is a large, seed-eating grosbeak in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae).

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Saltator

Saltator is a genus of songbirds of the Americas.

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São Tomé

São Tomé is the capital city of the African Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe and is by far the nation's largest town.

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São Tomé grosbeak

The São Tomé grosbeak (Crithagra concolor) is the largest member of the Crithagra genus of canaries, 50% heavier than the next largest canary species, and possesses a massive bill for a member of that genus.

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Slate-coloured grosbeak

The slate-coloured grosbeak (Saltator grossus) is a species of grosbeak in the Thraupidae family.

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Socotra

Socotra سُقُطْرَى Suqadara, also called Soqotra, located between the Guardafui Channel and the Arabian Sea, is the largest of four islands of the Socotra archipelago.

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Socotra golden-winged grosbeak

The Socotra golden-winged grosbeak or Socotra grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus socotranus) is a finch endemic to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Yemen.

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Somali golden-winged grosbeak

The Somali golden-winged grosbeak or Somali grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus louisae) is a finch endemic to northern Somalia.

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Somalia

Somalia (Soomaaliya; aṣ-Ṣūmāl), officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe Federal Republic of Somalia is the country's name per Article 1 of the.

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Songbird

A songbird is a bird belonging to the clade Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes).

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South America

South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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South Asia

South Asia or Southern Asia (also known as the Indian subcontinent) is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan SAARC countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.

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Southern grosbeak-canary

The southern grosbeak-canary, also known as Kenya grosbeak-canary (Crithagra buchanani) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Spot-winged grosbeak

The spot-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas melanozanthos) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae, found in middle to higher elevations.

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Subfamily

In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: subfamilia, plural subfamiliae) is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus.

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Tanager

The tanagers (singular) comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes.

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Taxonomic rank

In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy.

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Thick-billed weaver

The thick-billed weaver or grosbeak weaver (Amblyospiza albifrons) is a distinctive and bold species of weaver bird that is native to the Afrotropics.

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Ultramarine grosbeak

The ultramarine grosbeak (Cyanocompsa brissonii) is a species of grosbeak in the Cardinalidae family.

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West Africa

West Africa, also called Western Africa and the West of Africa, is the westernmost region of Africa.

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White-winged grosbeak

The white-winged grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.

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Yellow grosbeak

The yellow grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysopeplus), also known as the Mexican yellow 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.

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Yellow-green grosbeak

The yellow-green grosbeak (Caryothraustes canadensis) is a species of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae.

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Yellow-shouldered grosbeak

The yellow-shouldered grosbeak (Parkerthraustes humeralis) is a songbird species in the tanager family (Thraupidae), or possibly in the Cardinalidae.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosbeak

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