Biology:Dark-breasted rosefinch

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Dark-breasted rosefinch
Dark-breasted Rosefinch Sikkim India.jpg
Male at 9,800 ft in East Sikkim of the state of Sikkim, India
Dark-breasted Rosefinch Khangchendzonga National park West Sikkim India 30.03.2016.jpg
Female at 6,500 ft in Khangchendzonga National Park, West Sikkim, India
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Procarduelis
Blyth, 1843
Species:
P. nipalensis
Binomial name
Procarduelis nipalensis
(Hodgson, 1836)

The dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis) is a species of true finch in the monotypic genus Procarduelis. It is found in Bhutan, China , India , Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan , Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Taxonomy

The dark-breasted rosefinch was formerly placed in the genus Carpodacus but was moved Procarduelis based on the results from the phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.[2][3]

Subspecies

Subspecific variation is mostly clinal, with the plumage becoming darker from west to east.[4] There are between two-three recognised subspecies:[5]

  • P. n. nipalensisHodgson, 1836: The nominate, it is found in the Himalayas, from Kumaon to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and southeastern Tibet. Populations from southwestern China, south Tibet, and northern Vietnam are sometimes separated as a distinct subspecies, P. n. intensicolor.
  • P. n. kangraeWhistler, 1939: in the western Himalayas, from Kashmir to Garhwal.

Gallery

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Procarduelis nipalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22720550A94672357. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22720550A94672357.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22720550/94672357. Retrieved 11 November 2021. 
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/finches/. 
  3. Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (2): 581–596. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002. PMID 22023825. http://www.nrm.se/download/18.9ff3752132fdaeccb6800010935/Zuccon%20et%20al%202012.pdf. 
  4. Clement, Peter (2020-03-04). Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi et al.. eds. "Dark-breasted Rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)" (in en). Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.dabros1.01. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/dabros1/cur/introduction. 
  5. "Finches, euphonias, longspurs, Thrush-tanager – IOC World Bird List" (in en-US). https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/finches/. 

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