See text Pheucticus is a genus of grosbeaks containing six species.

[1][2] The genus was introduced by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach in 1850.

[3] The type species was subsequently designated as the black-backed grosbeak.

[4] The name of the genus is from the Ancient Greek φευκτικός - pheuktikós "shy" or "inclined to avoid".

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