Hesperiphona
| Hesperiphona | |
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| Male evening grosbeak | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Hesperiphona Bonaparte, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla vespertina Cooper, W, 1825
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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.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek hesperos meaning "evening" and phōnē meaning "sound" or "cry".[2]
The genus contains two species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Hesperiphona vespertina | Evening grosbeak | Canada and the western mountainous areas of the United States and Mexico |
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Hesperiphona abeillei | Hooded grosbeak | Central America, principally in Mexico and Guatemala. |
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