Asian rosy finch
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

Taxonomy

This species has been genetically included in a group of Arid-Zone Carduelini finches, which comprises the following species: Carpodacus nipalensis, Rhodopechys githaginea, Rhodopechys mongolica.[2][3][4]

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

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Leucosticte arctoa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22720477A132140770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720477A132140770.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Moscoso J; Ruiz-del-Valle V; González J; Reguera R; Ferri A; Wink M; Serrano-Vale JI (2008). "Mitochondrial DNA Phylogenetic Definition of a Group'of "Arid-Zone" Carduelini Finches" (PDF). The Open Ornithology Journal. 1: 1–7. doi:10.2174/1874453200801010001.
  3. ↑ Arnaiz-Villena, A.; Guillén, J.; Ruiz-del-Valle, V.; Lowy, E.; Zamora, J.; Varela, P.; Stefani, D.; Allende, L. M. (2001). "Phylogeography of crossbills, bullfinches, grosbeaks, and rosefinches" (PDF). Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 58 (8): 1159–1166. doi:10.1007/PL00000930. PMID 11529508. S2CID 6241573.
  4. ↑ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Gómez-Prieto P; Ruiz-de-Valle V (2009). "Phylogeography of finches and sparrows". Animal Genetics. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60741-844-3. Archived from the original on 2012-09-02. Retrieved 2014-12-08.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.