Periporphyrus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Cardinalidae
- Genus
- Periporphyrus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Periporphyrus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Periporphyrus
Periporphyrus is a genus of grosbeaks in the cardinal family Cardinalidae.
The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850. The type species was subsequently designated as the red-and-black grosbeak. The name Periporphyrus combines the Ancient Greek peri meaning "exceedingly" with porphureos meaning "rosy".
The genus contains two species:
Periporphyrus in languages:
- English
- Red-and-black Grosbeaks
- German
- Schwarzkopfkardinäle
- Russian
- Чёрно-красные кардиналы