Brown Bullfinch

Pyrrhula nipalensis Hodgson, 1836

≈16 cmLength25 gWeight

This small bullfinch has a gray wash on the head, nape and breast, and a body length of about 16.5 cm.

Busiest months: March–August · Most records: China, Nepal, Bhutan

Least Concern

How to identify

Field marks

Head, nape and breast gray
Body length about 16.5 cm

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: March–August · Most records: China, Nepal, Bhutan

Brown Bullfinch has been recorded at 99 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 7 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Nantou – Meifeng Highland Experimental Farm of NTUTaiwan (China)1,101 records
Nantou – Xitou Nature Education AreaTaiwan (China)402 records
Longcanggou [General Area]China74 records

More places

Mt. PhulchowkiNepal58 records
Dasyueshan IBA – Dasyueshan Forest-Road 23.5KTaiwan (China)40 records
SattalIndia40 records
Fengyang Mountain NNRChina40 records
Yushan NP – TatakaTaiwan (China)34 records
Dalaoling National Forest ParkChina34 records
Zixi Mountain PNRChina30 records

Countries and regions with the most records

China Nepal Bhutan India Myanmar (Burma)Malaysia Vietnam

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The brown bullfinch (Pyrrhula nipalensis) is a species of bird in the true finch family, Fringillidae. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan (China), and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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Questions

How big is the Brown Bullfinch?

The Brown Bullfinch is about ≈16 cm long and weighs around 25 g.

Where does the Brown Bullfinch live?

Its breeding range: Oriental: Himalayas to southeastern China, Taiwan (China) and western Malaysia. It is most often recorded in China, Nepal and Bhutan.