Golden Grosbeak

SCI Name:  Pheucticus chrysogaster
Protonym:  Pitylus chrysogaster Cent.Zool. p.204 pl.67
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Cardinalidae / Pheucticus
Taxonomy Code:  gobgro1
Type Locality:  Chile ; error, Quito, Ecuador substituted by Hellmayr and Seilern, 1915, Verh. Ornith. Ges. Bayern, 12, p. 160.
Author:  Lesson
Publish Year:  1832
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

PHEUCTICUS
(Cardinalidae; Ϯ Black-backed Grosbeak P. aureoventris) Gr. φευκτικος pheuktikos  shy, inclined to avoid  < φευγω pheugō  to flee. Reichenbach's 1850, plate LXXVIII, labelled Passerinae: Pyrrhulinae Coccothraustinae, shows a variety of heavy-billed finches, but gives no clue as to the reasoning behind this generic tag; doubtless a clue will be found in earlier species accounts. "Pheucticus Reichenbach, 1850, Av. Syst. Nat., pl. 78. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1855, Cat. Genera Subgenera Birds, p. 75), Pitylus aureoventris." (Paynter in Peters 1970, XIII, 217).
Var. Pheuticus.
Synon. Habia, Hedymeles, Zamelodia.

chrysogaster / chrysogastra
Gr. χρυσος khrusos  gold; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.
● ex “Lindo azul y oro cabeza celeste” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 99 (syn. Euphonia cyanocephala).
● ex “Orange-bellied Parrot” of Latham 1787 (Neophema).
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Orange-bellied Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Spreo pulcher).

SUBSPECIES

Golden Grosbeak (laubmanni)
SCI Name: Pheucticus chrysogaster laubmanni
laubmanni / laubmanniana / laubmannianus
Prof. Dr. Alfred Louis Laubmann (1886-1965) German zoologist (syn. Alcedo meninting coltarti, syn. Alectoris rufa intercedens, syn. Crypturellus obsoletus, syn. Emberiza fucata, syn. Leiopicus medius caucasicus, subsp. Pheucticus chrysogaster, syn. Pica pica bactriana, subsp. Todiramphus chloris).

Golden Grosbeak (chrysogaster)
SCI Name: Pheucticus chrysogaster chrysogaster
chrysogaster / chrysogastra
Gr. χρυσος khrusos  gold; γαστηρ gastēr, γαστρος gastros  belly.
● ex “Lindo azul y oro cabeza celeste” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 99 (syn. Euphonia cyanocephala).
● ex “Orange-bellied Parrot” of Latham 1787 (Neophema).
● ex “Merle à ventre orangé du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 358, “Oranvert” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Orange-bellied Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Spreo pulcher).