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Pyrrhula pyrrhula murina

Photo by Ricardo Guerreiro
Location: Sao Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal

[edit] Identification

17cm. Black wings, tail, face and cap, brown back, grey upper-tail coverts, nape of the neck, wing bar, pink-brown underparts. Males larger.

[edit] Distribution

The island of São Miguel in the Azores, Portugal.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Forest margins with short vegetation.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes seeds, fruit, buds, blossom, and fern fronds.

2 young are raised.

[edit] References

ARKive

[edit] External Links