Red-headed bullfinch

Red-headed bullfinch
	Male (♂) from Neora Valley National Park
	Female (♀) from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Genus:	Pyrrhula
Species:	P. erythrocephala
Binomial name
	Pyrrhula erythrocephala; Vigors, 1832

The red-headed bullfinch (Pyrrhula erythrocephala) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family, found all across the Himalayas and adjacent highlands. It is found in Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Tibet. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy was described in 2001 by Arnaiz-Villena et al. All birds belonging to Genus Pyrrhula have a common ancestor: Pinicola enucleator.^[2]^[3]

References

^ Template:IUCN
^ Arnaiz-Villena, A; et al. (2001). "Phylogeography of crossbills, bullfinches, grosbeaks,and rosefinches" (PDF). Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 58: 1159–1166. doi:10.1007/PL00000930. PMID 11529508.
^ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Gómez-Prieto P; Ruiz-de-Valle V (2009). "Phylogeography of finches and sparrows". Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60741-844--3.

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[1] Template:IUCN

[2] Arnaiz-Villena, A; et al. (2001). "Phylogeography of crossbills, bullfinches, grosbeaks,and rosefinches" (PDF). Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 58: 1159–1166. doi:10.1007/PL00000930. PMID 11529508.

[3] Arnaiz-Villena, A; Gómez-Prieto P; Ruiz-de-Valle V (2009). "Phylogeography of finches and sparrows". Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60741-844--3.

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