Hesperiphona

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Name (Latin)
Hesperiphona
See Also From tracing topical name
Fringillidae
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q3134714
Library of congress: sh2018000060
Sources of Information
  • ITIS, Jan. 11, 2018(Evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina); genus Hesperiphona; family Fringillidae)
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Wikipedia description:

Hesperiphona is a genus in the finch family Fringillidae. The genus was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte with the evening grosbeak as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek hesperos meaning "evening" and phōnē meaning "sound" or "cry". The genus contains two species:

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