Brown Bullfinch
Pyrrhula nipalensisHodgson, BH, 1836
English (US) Brown Bullfinch
The Brown Bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis) 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.
- Scientific name
- Pyrrhula nipalensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Brown Bullfinch
- Described by
- Hodgson, BH, 1836
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Pyrrhula nipalensis nipalensis
- Pyrrhula nipalensis ricketti
- Pyrrhula nipalensis victoriae
- Pyrrhula nipalensis waterstradti
- Pyrrhula nipalensis uchidai
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Hodgson, BH, 1836
- Type locality
- central and northern 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.155
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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