Hesperiphona


Hesperiphona is a genus in the finch family Fringillidae.
The genus was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles [Lucien Bonaparte] with the evening grosbeak as the type species. The name combines the Ancient Greek hesperos meaning "evening" and phōnē meaning "sound" or "cry".
The genus contains two species:
ImageScientific nameCommon nameDistribution
Hesperiphona vespertinaEvening grosbeakCanada and the western mountainous areas of the United States and Mexico
Hesperiphona abeilleiHooded grosbeakCentral America, principally in Mexico and Guatemala.