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A male eating the flower buds on a cherry tree. Dark crown and dark eye make exposure difficult as can be seen!
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Fri 23 Jan 2009 06:18:35 PM EST
English Eurasian Bullfinch
Scientific (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Fringillidae
Family (English) Finches, Euphonias
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions PAL
Breeding Range Subregions widespread; w, n Europe through n Russia and n Mongolia to Kamchatka and s through n, c Japan
Nonbreeding Range Subregions to s Europe, c Asia, ne China, Korean Pen., and Kyushu (s Japan)
Countries (BETA)map Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Belgium,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Bulgaria, China,Croatia,Czech Republic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Gibraltar, Greece,Hungary,Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Italy,Japan,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia, Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Moldova,Mongolia,Montenegro,Netherlands,North Korea,Norway, Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia,Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,South Korea,Spain,Sweden, Switzerland,Tajikistan,Tunisia,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Kingdom,Uzbekistan,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
pileata British Isles
griseiventris Kuril Is. (e Russia), Hokkaido and n, c Honshu (n, nc Japan)
cassinii e Siberia
caspica Azerbaijan and n Iran
cineracea w Siberia and ne Kazakhstan to e Siberia and ne China
rossikowi ne Turkey and the Caucasus
iberiae sw France, n Iberian Pen.
europaea w Europe
pyrrhula n, sc, e Europe to c Siberia
rosacea Sakhalin I.
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Gimpel
French Bouvreuil pivoine
Chinese 红腹灰雀
Japanese ウソ
Russian Снегирь
Spanish Camachuelo común
Portuguese dom-fafe-eurasiático
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)