"Genus Hesperiphona" ba kalma ce da ke da ma'anar ƙamus ba.Haƙiƙa sunan kimiyya ne ga jinsin tsuntsaye a cikin dangin Fringillidae, wanda aka fi sani da grosbeaks. Sunan "Hesperiphona" ya fito ne daga kalmomin Helenanci "hesperos" ma'ana yamma da "waya" ma'ana sauti, yana nufin faruwar tsuntsu a yammacin Arewacin Amirka.
