Eophona

Eophona
Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Superfamily: Passeroidea
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Eophona
Gould, 1851
Type species
Loxia melanura
Gmelin, 1789
Species

See text.

The Oriental grosbeaks (Eophona) are a genus of finches containing two species: The genus was introduced in 1851 by the English ornithologist and bird artist John Gould. The name Eophona is derived from the classical Greek words ēōs meaning "dawn" and phōnē meaning "shout" or "cry".

Genus Eophona – Gould, 1851 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Chinese grosbeak

Eophona migratoria
Hartert, 1903

Six subspecies
  • E. m. migratoria (Eastern Siberia, Manchuria and Korea);
  • E. m. sowerbyi( East-central China)
China, Manchuria and Korea Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 



Japanese grosbeak

Eophona personata
(Temminck & Schlegel, 1847)		 Japan from Hokkaido to Kyushu
 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  LC 



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