Japanese grosbeak

"Japanese hawfinch" redirects here. For Coccothraustes coccothraustes, also known as Japanese hawfinch, see Hawfinch § Taxonomy.

Japanese grosbeak
Japanese grosbeak in Honshu, Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Eophona
Species:
E. personata
Binomial name
Eophona personata
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)
Synonyms
  • Coccothraustes personatus Temminck and Schlegel, 1847

The Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata) or Ikaru is a finch native to the East Palearctic. It is also sometimes referred to as the Japanese or masked hawfinch due to superficial similarities to the well-known Eurasian species.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Eophona personata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22720687A132003504. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720687A132003504.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.