Order: Passeriformes | Family: Cardinalidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Oxapampa, Junin
Age: Adult | Sex: Male | Loc. Santa Eulalia, Lima
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. SW Ecuador
Age: Adult | Sex: Female | Loc. Huaraz, Ancash
Status: The Golden Grosbeak is fairly common in a variety of xeric habitats from the coastal lowlands up to 3500 m on the west slope of the Andes. It also occurs in the Marañon Valley and similar habitats in inter-Andean Valleys. The Golden Grosbeak also occurs in Co and Ec.
Name in Spanish: Picogrueso de Vientre Dorado.
Sub-species: Golden Grosbeak (Pheucticus chrysogaster chrysogaster), (Lesson), 1832.
Meaning of Name: Pheucticus: Gr. Pheugo= to flee, pheuktikos shy, inclined to avoid. chrysogaster: Gr. Khrusos= gold and gaster, gastros= belly.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 03/01/2016.