Yellow-billed Grosbeak - BirdForum Opus

Alternative name: Chinese Grosbeak

Photo by mikemik
Nanchang, China, December 2005

Eophona migratoria

Identification

15–18 cm

• Black head to upper nape, chin and throat
• Long forked tail

Distribution

Asia: found in Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Indochina,

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 2 subspecies^[1]:

• E. m. migratoria:

• Eastern Manchuria to North Korea; winters to eastern China

• E. m. sowerbyi:

• Eastern China

An additional subspecies melanura is generally considered invalid^[2].

Habitat

Mixed deciduous forest, forest edges, clearings, and parkland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of seeds, fruit, berries and insects.

Vocalisation

Listen in an external program

Recording by china guy, North-eastern Sichuan, China, May 2011

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved December 2014)

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