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Alternative name: Beavan's Bullfinch

Taiwan endemic subspecies P.e.owstoni
Photo by Mark Bruce
Hehuanshan, Taiwan, September 2006

Photo by china guy
Location: Moxi, Sichuan, China

Pyrrhula erythaca

[edit] Identification

17cm
Slightly hooked bill and grey head.
Black mask. White rump and greyish wing bar. Black band on back. Iris dark brown. Bill black. Feet pinkish-brown.
Male has orange breast and belly.
Female has only a slight orange markings on a light brown breast and belly.

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, India, Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• P. e. erythaca:

• Himalayas (Sikkim to Bhutan, south-eastern Tibet, western China and northern Myanmar)

• P. e. wilderi:

• North-eastern China (Liaoning)

• P. e. owstoni:

• Mountains of Taiwan. Differs from the nominate species as the male lacks orange tones on underparts, being soft lavender-grey from lower throat to belly and vent, occasionally tinted light pink or buffishbrown on breast; flanks to undertail-coverts white; also shows black patch on outer median coverts, flight feathers and tail very glossy bluish-black, and outer web of inner tertial bright red; has very faint band surrounding black face. Female is more gingery-brown on underparts and deeper grey on crown and nape, with outer web of inner tertial bright yellow.

[edit] Habitat

Subalpine conifer and mixed forrest. In Taiwan lives above 2500 and often is seen in alpine meadows.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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