Caryothraustes

Caryothraustes is a genus of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae.

Caryothraustes
Black-faced grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cardinalidae
Genus:	Caryothraustes Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Coccothraustes viridis[1] = Loxia canadensis Linnaeus, 1766

The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850.^[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the yellow-green grosbeak.^[3][4] The name Caryothraustes combines the Ancient Greek words karuon "nut" and thraustēs "breaker".^[5]

Extant Species

The genus contains two species:^[6]

Genus Caryothraustes – Reichenbach, 1850 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Yellow-green grosbeak	Caryothraustes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766)	Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Black-faced grosbeak	Caryothraustes poliogaster (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847)	Central America	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC