Japanese Grosbeak
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Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae

[Photo] Japanese Grosbeak Eophona personata. Bird Stamp of Japan, 1998. Source: www.bird-stamps.org/cspecies/19612200.htm

The Japanese Grosbeak, Eophona personata, is a finch native to East Asia.

The bird serves as the title/inspiration for a video game from Treasure Co. Ltd, called Ikaruga, which takes the bird's black-and-white coloration as inspiration for its primary gameplay mechanic.

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