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White-cheeked Bullfinch
Pyrrhula leucogenis Ogilvie-Grant, 1895
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
White-cheeked Bullfinch, Pyrrhula leucogenis, is a finch of montane Luzon, Panay and Mindanao in the Philippines. It is the only bullfinch recorded in the country. It lives in tropical moist mountain forest above 1,250 metres, especially mossy forest. The species was described by Ogilvie-Grant in 1895. On Luzon and Mindanao it is represented by recognised subspecies, and an unnamed form has also been noted from Panay. It is found in the Oriental Region and is part of the family Fringillidae.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: montane n Luzon, Panay and Mindanao (n, wc, s Philippines)
