black & yellow grosbeak
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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 381 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..BLACK &YELLOW GROSBEAK [From a Photograph of MEGH ROY CHOUDHURY]...WATERCOLOUR...A4...2014... The black-and-yellow grosbeak (Mycerobas icterioides) is a species of finch native to the northern parts of the Indian subcontinent, primarily the lower and middle Himalayas. It is in the Fringillidae family. The species ranges across Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan where its natural habitat is temperate forests. 22 cm; 67 g. Large grosbeak with large head, massive bill and medium-length, notched tail. Male has entire head down to upper nape, upper side of neck and lower throat black. Song is a rich, rather clear "prr-trweeet-a-troweeet", "tri-a-tr-a i-i-t tra-tr-u-wa-ey". Habitat Diet includes seeds, buds, shoots and berries of pine, fir, yew (Taxus), crab apple (Malus).
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