Japanese Grosbeak

Eophona personata (Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)

Japanese Grosbeak, Eophona personata, is a finch of the Palearctic, breeding in the Russian Far East, north-east China and across Japan from Hokkaido to Kyushu. In winter it also reaches the Ryukyu Islands, southern China and south-east Asia, though only rarely. It is a large finch with a striking bright yellow bill, and the adult has a bold black face and throat set against a paler neck and greyish underparts. The wings and tail are black with white markings. It lives in deciduous and mixed woodland, valleys, groves, parks and gardens.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias

Breeding range

Palearctic: Amurland, Ussuriland and Sakhalin (Russian Far East), Heilongjiang and Jilin (ne China), Hokkaido through Kyushu (Japan)

Nonbreeding range

to Ryukyu Is. (s Japan), s China and se Asia (rare)