White-winged Grosbeak
Mycerobas carnipes
白斑翅拟蜡嘴雀
Introduction
A finch species in the family Fringillidae. It occurs across Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Iran, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Its natural habitat consists of boreal forests.
Distribution & Habitat
Found across central and south Asia from Afghanistan through the Himalayan region to China and Russia. Inhabits boreal forest habitats throughout its range.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Mycerobas
- eBird Code
- whwgro1
Subspecies (2)
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Mycerobas carnipes carnipes
eastern and southeastern Kazakhstan (Dzhungarskiy Alatau and Tien Shan) southward to eastern Uzbekistan, northeastern Afghanistan, and Tajikistan, western, central, and southern China (Xinjiang to Shaanxi), and Himalayas from northern Pakistan eastward to northeastern India (Arunachal Pradesh) and northern Myanmar
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Mycerobas carnipes speculigerus
mountains of northeastern Iran and Transcaspia to northern Afghanistan and Pakistan
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.