Crested Finchbill
Spizixos canifrons
凤头雀嘴鹎
Introduction
Songbird in the bulbul family (Pycnonotidae). Found in south-eastern Asia from China and India to Indochina. Two subspecies are recognized: S. c. canifrons in northeastern India and western Myanmar, and S. c. ingrami in eastern Myanmar, southern China and northern Indochina.
Distribution & Habitat
South-eastern Asia from China and India to Indochina. The nominate subspecies S. c. canifrons occurs in northeastern India and western Myanmar, while S. c. ingrami occurs in eastern Myanmar, southern China and northern Indochina.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Pycnonotidae
- Genus
- Spizixos
- eBird Code
- crefin1
Subspecies (2)
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Spizixos canifrons canifrons
southern Assam (south of the Brahmaputra) to hills of western Myanmar
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Spizixos canifrons ingrami
eastern Myanmar to southwestern China (Yunnan), northwestern Thailand, and northern Indochina
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.