Biology:Asian rosy finch

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Short description: Species of bird

Asian rosy finch
Leucosticte arctoa.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Leucosticte
Species:
L. arctoa
Binomial name
Leucosticte arctoa
(Pallas, 1811)

The Asian rosy finch or Asian rosy-finch (Leucosticte arctoa) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It breeds in Mongolia and the East Palearctic; it winters in Manchuria, Korea, Sakhalin and Japan . Its natural habitats are tundra and temperate grassland.

Subspecies

  • Leucosticte arctoa arctoa Russian Altai
  • Leucosticte arctoa brunneonucha Mountains of East Siberia (Lena River to Kamchatka and Kuril Islands)
  • Leucosticte arctoa cognata Sayan Mountains and adjacent mountains on Russia Mongolia border
  • Leucosticte arctoa gigliolii Mountains north of Lake Baikal (east to Yablonovy Mts.)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q739209 entry