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.