Biology:Taiwan bullfinch

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Short description: Species of bird

Taiwan bullfinch
Pyrrhula erythaca owstoni 1.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Pyrrhula
Species:
P. owstoni
Binomial name
Pyrrhula owstoni
Rothschild & Hartert, 1907
Synonyms
  • Pyrrhula erythaca owstoni

The Taiwan bullfinch (Pyrrhula owstoni) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is endemic to the mountains of Taiwan. It was previously considered a subspecies of the grey-headed bullfinch (P. erythaca) and most authorities consider it as such, but a 2020 study found it to represent a distinct species that diverged from the mainland Asian P. erythaca during the mid-Pleistocene, and the International Ornithological Congress accepted it as such.[1][2][3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q105333679 entry