Chinese grosbeak

The Chinese grosbeak or yellow-billed grosbeak (Eophona migratoria) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.

Chinese grosbeak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Eophona
Species:
E. migratoria
Binomial name
Eophona migratoria
Hartert, 1903
Synonyms

Coccothraustes migratorius (Hartert, 1903)

Eggs of Eophona migratoria MHNT

It breeds in temperate forests in the Russian Far East, China, Manchuria and Korea; it winters in southern parts of China and Japan, Taiwan and northern Southeast Asia.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Eophona migratoria". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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