Hesperiphona

Hesperiphona is a genus in the finch family Fringillidae.

Hesperiphona
Male evening grosbeak
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	Hesperiphona Bonaparte, 1850
Type species
Fringilla vespertina Cooper, W, 1825

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

References

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