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Golden-naped Finch

Pyrrhoplectes epauletta(Hodgson, BH, 1836)

English (US) Golden-naped Finch

The Golden-naped Finch (Pyrrhoplectes epauletta) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: montane forest of northern India to southwestern China, southeastern Tibet, and northern MyanmarRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Pyrrhoplectes epauletta
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Golden-naped Finch
Described by
(Hodgson, BH, 1836)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Pyrrhula epauletta
Described by
(Hodgson, BH, 1836)
Type locality
northern and central Nepal.
Original description
Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.156

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 236 species of the family Fringillidae