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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Commons category
- Pyrrhula nipalensis
- taxon common name
- dom-fafe-pardo
- litter size
- 2
- endemic to
- Sela Pass
- taxon range
- China
- short name
- P. nipalensis
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Encyclopedic overview
The brown bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis) is a species of bird in the true finch family, Fringillidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
The brown bullfinch is a relatively small 16.5 cm (6.5 in) bird with a grayish head, nape, and breast. Its diet consists of nuts and native conifers. In Bhutan or Vietnam, it may be seen in a pair or a group. Little is known about this species.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brown Bullfinch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.