White-cheeked Bullfinch
Pyrrhula leucogenis
A medium-sized bird of low- to mid-elevation montane forest and edge on Mindanao. Overall pale brown with a slightly paler belly, a black face, crown, tail, bottom half of the wing, and shoulder patch, a white rump, and a prominent white cheek. Note the thick black bill. Feeds on berries and flowers and joins mixed-species flocks in the non-breeding season. No similar birds occur in its range. Voice includes medium-pitched clear, downslurred piping calls, “piuu! piuu,” sometimes with a flat first note: “piii! piuu!”
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Pyrrhula leucogenis
- Authority
- Ogilvie-Grant, 1895
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Pyrrhula
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Vertical migration
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
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