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Asian rosy finch

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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.

Subspecies

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  • 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

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  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.