genus
Black-faced and Yellow-green Grosbeaks
Caryothraustes
Field notes
Caryothraustes is a genus of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae.
The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850. The type species was subsequently designated as the yellow-green grosbeak. The name Caryothraustes combines the Ancient Greek words karuon "nut" and thraustēs "breaker".
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