Caryothraustes is a genus of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae.

The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850.

[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the yellow-green grosbeak.

[3][4] The name Caryothraustes combines the Ancient Greek words karuon "nut" and thraustēs "breaker".

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