Periporphyrus

Periporphyrus is a genus of grosbeaks in the cardinal family Cardinalidae.

Periporphyrus
Red-and-black grosbeak (Periporphyrus erythromelas)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cardinalidae
Genus:	Periporphyrus Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
Loxia erythromelas Gmelin, JF, 1789

The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850.^[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the red-and-black grosbeak.^[2][3] The name Periporphyrus combines the Ancient Greek peri meaning "exceedingly" with porphureos meaning "rosy".^[4]

The genus contains two species:^[5]

Genus Periporphyrus – Reichenbach, 1850 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Crimson-collared grosbeak Male Female	Periporphyrus celaeno (Deppe, 1830)	Mexico (central Nuevo León and central Tamaulipas south to northern Veracruz)	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Red-and-black grosbeak Male	Periporphyrus erythromelas (Gmelin, JF, 1789)	Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC