Finches (Fringillidae)
White-winged Grosbeak (Mycerobas carnipes) - HBW 15, p. 615
French: Gros-bec à ailes blanches
German: Wacholderkernbeißer
Spanish: Picogordo Aliblanco
Taxonomy: Coccothraustes carnipes Hodgson, 1836, Nepal.
Geographical variation slight and clinal, with a certain increase in size and in plumage darkness moving from W to E. Birds from Kashka-suu, in N Kyrgyzstan, described as race merzbacheri, but differences from nominate considered trivial; synonymized with latter. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- speculigerus ( J. F. Brandt, 1841) - N & NE Iran and S Turkmenistan E to NW & EC Afghanistan and W Pakistan (Baluchistan).
- carnipes ( Hodgson, 1836) - E & SE Kazakhstan (Dzhungarian Alatau and Tien Shan) S to E Uzbekistan, NE Afghanistan and Tajikistan, W, C & S China (SW Xinjiang; S Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Ningxia and NE Qinghai S to SE Xizang, NW Yunnan, S Sichuan and S Shaanxi), and Himalayas from N Pakistan E to NE India (Arunachal Pradesh) and N Myanmar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An individual on the ground, feeding on seeds Locality New Square, Almaty City, Kazakhstan (ssp speculigerus)
Askar Isabekov 19 December 2006 4 years ago 8 sec 3.7 -
A bird singing on a Juniper Locality Astronomical Observatory, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
Christian Dortu 29 May 2011 49 weeks ago 32 sec 3.3 -
a bird shouting on top of a tree Locality Astronomical Observatory, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
Christian Dortu 29 May 2011 47 weeks ago 37 sec 3
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adult female
Locality Bolshoe Almatinskoe Lake, Ile Alatau National Park, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
AurélienAudevard 6 June 2007 2 years ago 4.7 -
adult male
Locality Bolshoe Almatinskoe Lake, Ile Alatau National Park, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan
AurélienAudevard 6 June 2007 2 years ago 4.3 -
a female drinking water
Locality Kangding County, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Zhou Huaming 4 February 2007 2 years ago 4 -
One adult
Locality Sary-Chelek Biosphere Reserve, Jalal-Abad Province, Kyrgyzstan
Rémi Bigonneau 22 July 2011 28 weeks ago 3.8
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