grosbeak
Sign in to saveright|thumb|This female evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) is considered to be a "typical" grosbeak. Grosbeak is a form taxon containing various species of seed-eating passerine birds with large beaks. Although they all belong to the superfamily Passeroidea, these birds are not part of a natural group but rather a polyphyletic assemblage of distantly related songbirds. Some are cardueline finches in the family Fringillidae, while others are cardinals in the family Cardinalidae; one is a member of the weaver family Ploceidae. The word "grosbeak", first applied in the late 1670s, is a p
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- Grosbeak finches
- Typical grosbeak finches
- Grosbeak bullfinch
- Grosbeak goldfinches
- Genus ''Crithagra''
- Extinct species
- Cardinal-grosbeaks
- Typical cardinal-grosbeaks
- Masked cardinal-grosbeaks
- Blue cardinal-grosbeaks
- Grosbeak tanagers
- Thick-billed weaver
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right|thumb|This female evening grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertina) is considered to be a "typical" grosbeak. Grosbeak is a form taxon containing various species of seed-eating passerine birds with large beaks. Although they all belong to the superfamily Passeroidea, these birds are not part of a natural group but rather a polyphyletic assemblage of distantly related songbirds. Some are cardueline finches in the family Fringillidae, while others are cardinals in the family Cardinalidae; one is a member of the weaver family Ploceidae. The word "grosbeak", first applied in the late 1670s, is a partial translation of the French grosbec, where gros means "large" and bec means "beak".
The following is a list of grosbeak species, arranged in groups of closely related genera. These genera are more closely related to smaller-billed birds than to other grosbeaks. Exceptions are the three genera of "typical grosbeak finches", which form a group of closest living relatives and might thus be considered the "true" grosbeaks.