Hooded grosbeak

The hooded grosbeak (Hesperiphona abeillei) is a passerine bird in the finch family found in the highlands of Central America, principally in Mexico and Guatemala.^[2]

Hooded grosbeak
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	Hesperiphona
Species:	H. abeillei
Binomial name
Hesperiphona abeillei (Lesson, R, 1839)
Synonyms
Coccothraustes abeillei Guiraca abeillei Lesson, 1839

This is a medium large grosbeak with a large bill. The male has a black head and bright yellow upper parts. The female is less brightly coloured and has a smaller black cap.^[3]

The species was briefly described by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1839 under the binomial name Guiraca abaillei.^[4] The International Ornithologists' Union now assigns the hooded grosbeak together with the closely related evening grosbeak to the genus Hesperiphona.^[5] This genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850.^[6] Some authorities place these two grosbeak species together with the hawfinch in the genus Coccothraustes.^[7]