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Alternative name: Grey-capped Greenfinch

Photo by wigan24
Suwon, South Korea, January 2006

Carduelis sinica

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Asia: Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Korea, Japan, Taiwan Southeast Asia: Indochina, Vietnam

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

Female
Photo by Mark Bruce
Jeju Island, South Korea, February 2008

• C. s. sinica:

• Western China (Gansu) to southern Manchuria

• C. s. chabarowi:

• Inner Mongolia to northern Manchuria

• C. s. ussuriensis:

• Eastern Manchuria to southern Ussuriland and Korea

• C. s. kawarahiba:

• Kamchatka, Kuril Island, Sakhalin and Hokkaido; winters to Japan

• C. s. minor:

• Southern Japan (Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu) and Korea (Cheju-Do Island)

• C. s. kittlitzi:

• Southern Japan (Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands)

[edit] Habitat

Photo by Blogd
Tama River, Tokyo, Japan, August 2005

Cultivated fields, city parks, gardens and wooded areas.

[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. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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