Southern Yellow Grosbeak
The golden grosbeak (''Pheucticus chrysogaster''), also known as golden-bellied grosbeak or southern yellow grosbeak, is a species of grosbeak in the family Cardinalidae. It is similar to, and has sometimes been considered conspecific with, the yellow grosbeak. The golden grosbeak is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. Taxonomy The golden grosbeak belongs to the taxonomic family Cardinalidae. Other members of this family include Cardinal (bird), cardinals, Passerina, buntings, and other grosbeaks. Its genus, ''Pheucticus, Pheuticus'' (meaning "shy" in Greek), contains six extant species. The golden grosbeak (''P. chrysogaster'') used to be considered a member of the same species as the black-thighed grosbeak (''P. tibialis'') and Mexican yellow grosbeak, yellow gr ...
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René Lesson
René-Primevère Lesson (20 March 1794 – 28 April 1849) was a French surgeon, naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist. Biography Lesson was born at Rochefort, and entered the Naval Medical School in Rochefort at the age of sixteen. He served in the French Navy during the Napoleonic Wars; in 1811 he was third surgeon on the frigate ''Saale'', and in 1813 was second surgeon on the ''Regulus''.Persée
Un pharmacien de la marine et voyageur naturaliste : R.-P Lesson In 1816 Lesson changed his classification to . He served on Duperrey's round-the-wo ...
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