| Pheucticus | |
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| Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cardinalidae |
| Genus: | Pheucticus Reichenbach, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Pitylus aureoventris d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837
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Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.[1][2]
The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850.[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the black-backed grosbeak.[4]
- ^ "ITIS Report:Pheucticus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel. Vol. 1. Dresden: Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. Plate 78.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 217.