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Subspecies ussuriensis
Photo by TAE-HEON CHOI
Wonju, South Korea, January 2011

Carpodacus sibiricus

Identification

Distribution

Asia: found in Russia, Siberia, Turkestan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Korea (North & South) and Japan.

Taxonomy

Subspecies sibiricus
Photo by Askar Isabekov
Arshaly region, Akmola oblast, Kazakhstan, February 2006

Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies^[1]:

C. s. sibiricus:

Southern Siberia to northern Mongolia and northern Manchuria; winters to Turkestan

C. s. ussuriensis:

Central Manchuria to Northern Korea; winters to north-eastern China and South Korea

C. s. sanguinolentus:

Sakhalin, southern Kuril Islands and Hokkaido; winters to southern Japanese islands

C. s. lepidus:

Western China (south-eastern Gansu and southern Shaanxi)

C. s. henrici:

Mountains of western China (south-eastern Tibet to western Sichuan and northern Yunnan)

Formerly included in genus Uragus.

Habitat

Subspecies henrici
Photo by china guy
Sichuan, China, July 2012

Forest, shrubland and grassland

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Recording by china guy
Subspecies henrici, Sichuan, China, July 2012]]

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Avibase

List of references

Recommended Citation

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