White-winged Grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes)

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
21.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 2,800 - 4,600 m, occasionallydown to 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Afghanistan (B) (NB), Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of], Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B) (NB), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (Asian), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

Vagrant to Russia (Central Asian).

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 (61)...)

White-winged Grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes) [XC743424]
by Cedric Mroczko from Ziarat, Golestan Province, Iran (call)

White-winged Grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes) [XC724000]
by Cedric Mroczko from Khakestar, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran (call)

Subspecies
Geographical variation slight and clinal, with a certain increase in size and in plumage darkness moving from west to east. Birds from Kashka-suu, in northern Kyrgyzstan, described as subspecies merzbacheri, but differences from nominate considered trivial and synonymized with latter.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

speculigerus (von Brandt, JF, 1841) - Northern and north-eastern Iran and southern Turkmenistan east to north-western and east-central Afghanistan and western Pakistan (Baluchistan).
carnipes (Hodgson, 1836) - Eastern and south-eastern Kazakhstan (Dzhungarian Alatau and Tien Shan) south to eastern Uzbekistan, north-eastern Afghanistan and Tajikistan, west, central and southern China (south-western Xinjiang; southern Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia and north-eastern Qinghai south to south-eastern Xizang, north-western Yunnan, southern Sichuan and southern Shaanxi), and Himalayas from northern Pakistan east to north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh) and northern Myanmar.
merzbacheri Schalow, 1908 - Eastern Kazakhstan and north-western China.

References
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Files:

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