Eurasian Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula cassinii , male, Wuerqihan (49.651972, 121.615111 ), Inner Mongolia, China, elev. 750 m (2,450 ft.), January. Eurasian Bullfinch ranges across northern temperate Eurasia. Race cassinii breeds Russian Far East . Winters Russian Far East and Northeast China . Male has bright pink underparts. (Craig Brelsford ) Eurasian Bullfinch P. p.cineracea lacks pink in plumage. Male dark grey above, lighter grey below. Breeds Kazakstan and Xinjiang to Mongolia, Russian Far East , and Heilongjiang (Lesser Khingan Mountains). In winter moves south within breeding range. Wuerqihan (49.651972, 121.615111 ), Inner Mongolia, elev. 750 m (2,450 ft.), January. (Craig Brelsford ) Female cineracea tinged grey-brown below. Wuerqihan (49.651972, 121.615111 ), Inner Mongolia, elev. 750 m (2,450 ft.), January. (Craig Brelsford ) BIBLIOGRAPHY
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