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Pheucticus
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Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.[1][2]
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Pheucticus | |
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Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cardinalidae |
Genus: | Pheucticus Reichenbach, 1850 |
Type species | |
Pitylus aureoventris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837 | |
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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]