The black-and-yellow grosbeak (''Mycerobas icterioides'') is a species of

finch The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usua ...

native to the northern parts of the

Indian subcontinent The Indian subcontinent is a list of the physiographic regions of the world, physiographical region in United Nations geoscheme for Asia#Southern Asia, Southern Asia. It is situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian O ...

, primarily the lower and middle

Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

. It is in the family

Fringillidae The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usua ...

. The species ranges across

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, India,

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

, and Pakistan where its natural

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is temperate

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Gallery

Image:Black-&- Yellow Grosbeak (Female) I IMG 7380.jpg, Female at Bhandak Thaatch (8500 ft) in Kullu-Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India Image:Black-&-Yellow Grosbeak (Male) I IMG 7379.jpg, Male at Bhandak Thaatch (8500 ft) in Kullu-Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India Image:Black-&-Yellow Grosbeak (Male) I IMG 6858.jpg, Male at Guna Pani (9000 ft) in Kullu-Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India Image:Black-&-Yellow Grosbeak (Female) I IMG 7370.jpg, Female at Bhandak Thaatch (8500 ft) in Kullu-Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

Phylogeny

Eophona genus goes together with

Mycerobas The ''Mycerobas'' grosbeaks are a genus of finch in the family Fringillidae The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often ha ...

genus. Both genera form a single phylogenetic group.

References

black-and-yellow grosbeak 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 family Fringillidae. The species ranges across Afgha ...

Birds of Afghanistan Birds of Pakistan Birds of North India Birds of Nepal

Taxa named by Nicholas Aylward Vigors Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Fringillidae-stub