Species profile
Black-faced Grosbeak
Caryothraustes poliogaster
Quick answer
Type material. Female holotype, ex Caryothraustes poliogaster, COSTA RICA: Barbilla NP, Provincia Lim ỏn (9 ° 59 ’ N, 85 ° 27 ’ W), 8 September 2004, Literák, Č apek & Havlίček coll. Paratypes: 5 females and 8 males with same data as holotype. Deposited in INBio – O. Sychra CR 58 – 59.
- Scientific name
- Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Family
- Cardinalidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Caryothraustes
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Cardinalidae
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- Black-backed Grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris)
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- Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)
- Black-thighed Grosbeak (Pheucticus tibialis)
- Blue Bunting (Cyanocompsa parellina)
- Blue Grosbeak (Passerina caerulea)
- Blue Seedeater (Amaurospiza concolor)