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Eophona
Sign in to saveThe Oriental grosbeaks (Eophona) are a genus of finches containing two species: The genus was introduced in 1851 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould. The name Eophona is derived from the classical Greek words ēōs meaning "dawn" and phōnē meaning "shout" or "cry".
Species
Yellow-billed Grosbeak
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyFringillidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Collections
- CM
- Recorded in
- South Korea, Japan, China
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The Oriental grosbeaks (Eophona) are a genus of finches containing two species: The genus was introduced in 1851 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould. The name Eophona is derived from the classical Greek words ēōs meaning "dawn" and phōnē meaning "shout" or "cry".
== References ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eophona” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.