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Photo by china guy
Wolong/Balang, Sichuan, China, November 2010
Mycerobas carnipes

Identification

Distribution

Middle East and Asia
Middle East: occurs only in Iran
Asia: Russia, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, China, Tibet, Inner Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas and Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina and Myanmar

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Photo by Askar Isabekov
Kazakhstan, April 2004

There are 2 subspecies[1]

  • M. c. speculigerus:
  • M. c. carnipes:

An additional subspecies, merzbacheri, is not generally recognised[2].

Habitat

Boreal forests.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase

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