Finches (Fringillidae)
Japanese Grosbeak (Eophona personata) - HBW 15, p. 613
French: Gros-bec masqué
German: Maskenkernbeißer
Spanish: Picogordo Japonés
Other common names: Japanese/Masked Hawfinch, Masked/Black-headed Grosbeak
Taxonomy: Coccothraustes personatus Temminck and Schlegel, 1845, Japan.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- magnirostris E. J. O. Hartert, 1896 - breeds Russian Far East (E Amurland and S Ussuriland), Sakhalin I and NE China (N & E Heilongjiang and E Jilin); winters in S China (Guizhou E to Fujian).
- personata ( Temminck & Schlegel, 1845) - breeds N & C Japan (Hokkaido and N Honshu); winters S to S Japan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched, looking around. Locality Shiotsubo Onsen Hotel, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp personata)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2010 2 years ago 20 sec 4.6 -
Bird on branch feeding on berries on vine Locality Japan
Charles McHugh 25 January 2009 4 years ago 27 sec 4.3 -
A bird on the ground, eating snow. Locality Shiotsubo Onsen Hotel, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp personata)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2010 2 years ago 24 sec 4.1 -
A bird on branch feeding on fruit on vine wound on branch. Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 25 January 2009 4 years ago 36 sec 4.1 -
Bird on limb looking for food Locality Rokko Mountain Range, Hyogo Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
Charles McHugh 25 April 2013 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 23 sec 3.9 -
A bird perched, mandibulating a seed. Locality Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Western Russia, Russia (ssp magnirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 2 June 2009 2 years ago 27 sec 3.8
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Adult bird on a branch.
Locality Yamanakako, Yamanashi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
kasia.someya 20 August 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
Frontal view of a male perched on a branch.
Locality Japan (ssp personata)
Pete Morris 1 February 2002 16 weeks ago 3.8 -
Three birds attending a feeder.
Locality Shiotsubo Onsen Hotel, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp japonicus)
Jordi Sargatal 9 February 2010 12 weeks ago 3.4 -
A close-up.
Locality Moscow Zoo, Moscow, Western Russia, Russia (ssp magnirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 2 June 2009 2 years ago 3.3 -
A bird perched on a post.
Locality Shiotsubo Onsen Hotel, Karuizawa, Nagano Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp personata)
Josep del Hoyo 9 February 2010 2 years ago 3.2 -
Young bird (born this summer, a little before becoming juvenile? :-P ) on a branch.
Locality Yamanashi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan
kasia.someya 20 August 2011 1 year ago 3.2
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