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Caryothraustes
	Black-faced grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Cardinalidae
Genus:	Caryothraustes; Reichenbach, 1850
Type species
	Coccothraustes viridis = Loxia canadensis; Linnaeus, 1766

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".^[5]

Extant Species

The genus contains two species:^[6]

Genus **Caryothraustes** – Reichenbach, 1850 – two species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Yellow-green grosbeak	Caryothraustes canadensis (Linnaeus, 1766)	Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Black-faced grosbeak	Caryothraustes poliogaster (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847)	Central America	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

^ "Cardinalidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1850). Avium Systema Naturale. Das natürliche System der Vögel. Dresden: Expedition der Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. Plate 78.
^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1970). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 13. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 224.
^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 387. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
^ Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Cardinals, grosbeaks and (tanager) allies". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 May 2018.