Southern yellow grosbeak
| Southern yellow grosbeak | |
|---|---|
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| Male in Ecuador | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Pheucticus |
| Species: | P. chrysogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Pheucticus chrysogaster Lesson, 1832 | |
the southern yellow grosbeak, or golden-bellied grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster), is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family. It is very similar to, and has sometimes been considered conspecific with the Mexican yellow grosbeak.
The southern yellow grosbeak is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.
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References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pheucticus chrysogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.