Baikal bullfinch | |
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In Russia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Pyrrhula |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | P. p. cineracea
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Trinomial name | |
Pyrrhula pyrrhula cineracea | |
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The Baikal bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula cineracea), also known as the grey bullfinch, grey-headed bullfinch or great bullfinch, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is found in eastern Kazakhstan,[2] Mongolia[3] and adjacent areas of Russia and China. Although sometimes considered a full species (Pyrrhula cineracea), most authorities treat it a subspecies of the Eurasian bullfinch.[4][5] It migrates altitudinally from its summer breeding range in the Altai Mountains to its winter range in the adjacent foothills and plains.