Brown Bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis)

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
16.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Hodgson, 1836

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland, subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 1,350 - 3,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan (China), Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (43)...)

Brown Bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis) [XC34194]
by Scott RS Lin from Dasyeushan Forest Reserve, Taiwan (call)

Brown Bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis) [XC581497]
by Jelle Scharringa from Road between Trongsa and Yotongla, Bhutan (call, song)

Subspecies
Subspecies ricketti scarcely separable from nominate and perhaps better subsumed within it.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

nipalensis Hodgson, 1836 - Himalayas from Himachal Pradesh east to north-eastern India (to southern Assam) and south-western China (south-eastern Xizang).
ricketti La Touche, 1905 - North-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh, south-eastern Assam and Nagaland), southern and south-eastern China (eastern Xizang to western Sichuan, and north-western Yunnan east to Fujian and Guangdong), northern Myanmar and north-western Vietnam (western Tonkin).
uchidai Kuroda, Nagamichi, 1916 - Taiwan.
victoriae Rippon, 1906 - Western Myanmar (Chin Hills).
waterstradti Hartert, 1902 - Mountains of Peninsular Malaysia (Selangor east to Pahang). Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Malay Bullfinch (Pyrrhula waterstradti).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Brown Bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis) - 10 files

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