Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata)
Also Japanese hawfinch, or masked hawfinch
The Japanese grosbeak (Eophona personata) or Ikaru is a finch native to the East Palearctic.
Passeriformes originates from New Latin, combining the Latin passer ("sparrow") and -iformes ("having the form of"). It translates to "sparrow-shaped" or "sparrow-like", referring to the largest order of birds (over 5,000 species) that includes songbirds and perching birds.
Fringillidae, Fringilla: Latin fringilla for finch.
The name Eophona is derived from the classical Greek words eos meaning "dawn" and phone meaning "shout" or "cry".
Personata is a Latin term, derived from personatus, meaning masked, disguised, or wearing a mask. It is the feminine form of personatus and is frequently used in scientific, biological nomenclature to describe animals or plants with distinctive, dark markings around their faces or structures, such as the Agapornis personata (Masked Lovebird) or Poephila personata (Masked Finch).











