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Green-faced Parrotfinch  (Erythruru viridifacies)
Common Names: Mayang-kawayan (Pilipino)   
Discoverer: Hachisuka and Delacour,1937                                        
Category: ENDANGERED
Status: ENDEMIC
Habitat/Distribution: Luzon, Negros [Mt. Hilonghilong, Mindanao]
Habitat / Behavior: L 4 1/2"; Forest, bamboo thickets or grasslands probably probably above 1000m. .

Contact call a tseet tseet or tsit tsit and song a quiet deedeedee followed by a chattering day day day.. and ending with harsh grey-grey-grey-ray-day-lay-day, described from captive birds  (Clement)
Threats: Habitat destruction
Interesting Information:
Conservation Efforts/Measures:

Photograph Information: Courtesy of the Delaware University Press.  Illustrations by George Sandstrom and John R. Pierce, taken from the book "Philippine Birds" by John duPont.

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