Male © Julius Paner
Female © Raymond Dan
Female © Mohit Kumar Ghatak
Male © Ramon Quisumbing
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Male © Raymond Dan

White-cheeked Bullfinch Pyrrhula leucogenis

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Identification

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A medium-sized bird of low- to mid-elevation montane forest and edge on Mindanao. Overall pale brown with a slightly paler belly, a black face, crown, tail, bottom half of the wing, and shoulder patch, a white rump, and a prominent white cheek. Note the thick black bill. Feeds on berries and flowers and joins mixed-species flocks in the non-breeding season. No similar birds occur in its range. Voice includes medium-pitched clear, downslurred piping calls, “piuu! piuu,” sometimes with a flat first note: “piii! piuu!”

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