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White-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas carnipes

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Description:

Relatively large bird. Has black head, neck and entire dorsal portion, with regular white patterns on its wings. The entire ventral portion below neck is yellow. Has thick black beaks and black legs. Length about: 17.00 cm.

Habitat:

Cherry tree surrounded by thick forests.

Notes:

Spotted this bird this morning feeding on old dried cherry. It swallowed the seed after peeling off the exterior dried fruit portion. Behaviour seemed similar to those of parrots, except it did not use its legs for feeding. Never seen this bird before!

Species ID Suggestions

White-winged Grosbeak

Mycerobas carnipes

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Ava T-B
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Comments (10)
DrNamgyalTSherpa
Thank you armadeus.4 for the encouraging comments and also for making it favourite.
DrNamgyalTSherpa
Thanks armadeus.4 for the encouraging comments and for making it favourite.
Liana
Great detail in your pics DrNamgyaIT.Sherpa. Lovely series. Thank you for sharing :)
DrNamgyalTSherpa
Thanks Ava for the ID and the ref. Yes, I felt it's a Grosbeak!
Ava T-B
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFJ8fxJTY6U
DrNamgyalTSherpa
Thanks mpvettch for the suggestion. However, Hema'll agree with me this's not a 'Finch'. This's much larger, beaks are stronger, the yellow line's much lower and white stripes on the wings are much clearer. To me this's a 'Grosbeak', but which one!
mpvettch
I think it is a lesser goldfinch
DrNamgyalTSherpa
How did it happen? Neverr tagged to arthropod. Thanks anyway Ava.
Ava T-B
I've moved this from Arthropods to Birds for you.

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PublishedJune 11, 2014

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