Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Subspecies (2)
Geoffrey E. Hill
Version: 2.0 — Published March 18, 2022
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bulgarian | Черноглава тъпоклюна танагра |
Catalan | cardenal capnegre |
Croatian | crnoglavi batač |
Dutch | Zwartkopkardinaal |
English | Black-headed Grosbeak |
English (United States) | Black-headed Grosbeak |
French | Cardinal à tête noire |
French (Canada) | Cardinal à tête noire |
German | Schwarzkopf-Kernknacker |
Icelandic | Hettutáti |
Japanese | チャバライカル |
Norwegian | svarthodetykknebb |
Polish | łuszcz czarnogłowy |
Russian | Черноголовый толстонос |
Serbian | Crnoglavi batokljun |
Slovak | glezgovec čiernohlavý |
Spanish | Picogrueso Cabecinegro |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Picogrueso Cabecinegro |
Spanish (Cuba) | Degollado de cabeza negra |
Spanish (Mexico) | Picogordo Tigrillo |
Spanish (Spain) | Picogrueso cabecinegro |
Swedish | svarthuvad kardinal |
Turkish | Kara Başlı Kocabaş |
Ukrainian | Кардинал-довбоніс чорноголовий |
Revision Notes
Geoffrey E. Hill revised the account, Catherine Ortega reviewed it. Peter Pyle contributed to the Appearances page. August Davidson-Onsgard and Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Pheucticus melanocephalus (Swainson, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Guiraca melanocephalus
Swainson, 1827. The Philosophical Magazine, New Series n.s., 1, p.438.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tableland, Temiscaltipec [= Temascaltepec, Mexico], Mexico.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- PHEUCTICUS
- melanocephala / melanocephalon / melanocephalos / melanocephalum / melanocephalus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Black-headed Grosbeak