Periporphyrus is a genus of grosbeaks in the cardinal family Cardinalidae.

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

[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the red-and-black grosbeak.

[2][3] The name Periporphyrus combines the Ancient Greek peri meaning "exceedingly" with porphureos meaning "rosy".

[4] The genus contains two species:[5] Male Female