Collared finchbill

{{Short description|Species of songbird}}

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| image = Spizixos semitorques 10.jpg

| image_caption = At the Cincinnati Zoo

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=Spizixos semitorques |volume=2016 |page=e.T22712600A94337830 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22712600A94337830.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

| genus = Spizixos

| species = semitorques

| authority = R. Swinhoe, 1861{{Cite journal |last=Swinhoe |first=Robert |date=1861 |title=Notes on the Birds observed about Talien Bay (North China), from June 21 to July 24, 1860 |journal=Ibis |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35144#page/300/mode/1up |volume=3 |issue=9–12 |issn=0019-1019 |page=266}}

| range_map = Spizixos semitorques distribution map.png

| synonyms = * Spizixus cinereicapillus

}}

The collared finchbill (Spizixos semitorques) is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in China, Taiwan, Japan and Vietnam.

The species favors forested hills at moderate elevations. Primarily a frugivore, the collared finchbill also eats seeds and insects. The birds are typically monogamous, with females building nests in trees in which to lay their eggs.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120329051926/http://www.lpzoo.org/animals/factsheet/collared-finch-billed-bulbul "Collared Finch-Billed Bulbul Fact Sheet, Lincoln Park Zoo"]

Diet

They eat fruit, including Hedera nepalensis and Paederia scandens.{{Cite journal |last1=Yang |first1=Yifan |last2=Xu |first2=Bin |last3=Yu |first3=Qingqing |last4=Fan |first4=Likun |last5=Guo |first5=Tingting |last6=Fu |first6=Dongshi |last7=Chen |first7=Hao |last8=Yan |first8=Hai |last9=Shao |first9=Feng |last10=Li |first10=Xiaopeng |date=2022-10-12 |title=Distribution Pattern and Factors Influencing Spontaneous Plant Diversity in Different Wetland Habitats |journal=Forests |volume=13 |issue=10 |pages=1678 |doi=10.3390/f13101678 |doi-access=free |issn=1999-4907}}

Taxonomy and systematics

Alternate names for the collared finchbill include the black-headed finch-bill, Chinese finch-bill, Japanese finch-bill, collared finch-billed bulbul and Swinhoe's finch-billed bulbul.

=Subspecies=

Two subspecies are recognized:{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/bulbuls/|title=Bulbuls « IOC World Bird List|website=www.worldbirdnames.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-03-12}}

  • S. s. semitorques - R. Swinhoe, 1861: Found in central and southern China, northern Vietnam
  • S. s. cinereicapillus - R. Swinhoe, 1871: Originally described as a separate species. Found in Taiwan and Miyako and Yaeyama Islands of Japan

References