Black-backed grosbeak

The black-backed grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris) is a large finch-type bird found in South America in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. They are often kept as cagebirds.

Black-backed grosbeak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cardinalidae
Genus: Pheucticus
Species:
P. aureoventris
Binomial name
Pheucticus aureoventris

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Pheucticus aureoventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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