Belongs within: Carduelinae.
Pyrrhula, the bullfinches, is an Eurasian genus of finches with a relatively short, swollen bill, black wings and tail, and often an orange or red breast in the male. The brown bullfinch P. nipalensis of the Oriental region has a greyish head and breast in both sexes.
<==Pyrrhula Brisson 1760 [Pyrrhulinae]M02
|--+--P. leucogenisBKB15
| `--P. nipalensisBKB15
`--+--+--P. aurantiacaBKB15
| `--+--P. erythacaBKB15
| `--P. erythrocephalaBKB15
`--+--P. murinaBKB15 [=P. pyrrhula murinaUSDI77]
`--P. pyrrhula (Linnaeus 1758)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy)
|--P. p. pyrrhulaCC10
|--P. p. cassiniiWBSJ82
|--P. p. pileata MacGillivray 1837CC10
`--P. p. rosaceaWBSJ82
Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Linnaeus 1758)BKB15, CC10 [=Loxia pyrrhulaCC10; incl. P. europoea Vieillot 1816CC10, P. pyrrhula europaeaS05, P. rubicilla Pallas 1811CC10]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.
[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.
[M02] Mlíkovský, J. 2002. Cenozoic Birds of the World. Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press: Praha.
[S05] Schalow, H. 1905. Die Vögel der Arktis. In: Römer, F., & F. Schaudinn (eds) Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellun der arktischen Tierformen, mit besonder Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898 vol. 4 pp. 79–288. Gustav Fischer: Jena.
[USDI77] USDI (United States Department of the Interior). 1977. Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants—republication of list of species. Federal Register 42: 36420–36431.
[WBSJ82] Wild Bird Society of Japan. 1982. A Field Guide to the Birds of Japan. Kodansha International Ltd.: Tokyo.