Species profile

Malay Bullfinch

Pyrrhula waterstradti

Quick answer

HOLOTYPE: AMNH 714783, adult male, collected on Mount Tahan (Gunong Tahan, as on label), 5000 – 7000 ft, 04.34 N, 102.17 E (Times atlas), Pahang, Malaysia, in October 1901, by J. Waterstradt. From the Rothschild Collection.

Scientific name
Pyrrhula waterstradti
Family
Fringillidae
Order
Passeriformes
Genus
Pyrrhula
Conservation status
Vulnerable

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