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Subspecies ussuriensis
Photo by TAE-HEON CHOI
Wonju, South Korea, January 2011

Uragus sibiricus

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Asia: found in Russia, Siberia, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Korea (North & South) and Japan.

[edit] Taxonomy

Subspecies sibiricus
Photo by Askar Isabekov
Arshaly region, Akmola oblast, Kazakhstan, February 2006

[edit] Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies^[1]:

• U. s. sibiricus:

• Southern Siberia to northern Mongolia and northern Manchuria; winters to Turkestan

• U. s. ussuriensis:

• Central Manchuria to Northern Korea; winters to north-eastern China and South Korea

• U. s. sanguinolentus:

• Sakhalin, southern Kuril Islands and Hokkaido; winters to southern Japanese islands

• U. s. lepidus:

• Western China (south-eastern Gansu and southern Shaanxi)

• U. s. henrici:

• Mountains of western China (south-eastern Tibet to western Sichuan and northern Yunnan)

Sometimes included in genus Carpodacus.

[edit] Habitat

Subspecies henrici
Photo by china guy
Sichuan, China, July 2012

Forest, shrubland and grassland

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links