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The mountain finches are birds in the genus Leucosticte from the true finch family, Fringillidae. This genus also includes the rosy finches , named from their pinkish plumage. The genus is a sister to the monotypic Procarduelis containing the Asian dark-breasted rosefinch . [ 2 ]
The black rosy finch or black rosy-finch (Leucosticte atrata) is a species of passerine bird in the family Fringillidae native to alpine areas above treeline, of the western United States. It is the most range-restricted member of its genus, and a popular photography subject for birdwatchers.
The gray-crowned rosy finch or gray-crowned rosy-finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis) is a species of passerine bird in the family Fringillidae native to Alaska, western Canada, and the north-western United States. Due to its remote and rocky alpine habitat it is rarely seen. There are currently six recognized subspecies.
The brown-capped rosy finch (Leucosticte australis) is a medium-sized finch endemic to North America. Adults are brown on the head, back, and breast with pink on the belly, rump, and wings. The forehead is black. They have short black legs and a long forked tail. Their breeding habitat is mountain peaks in the central Rocky Mountains of the ...
The plain mountain finch (Leucosticte nemoricola) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland , upland forest and rocky cliffs. [ 2 ] It is a resident breeder across the Himalayas . [ 3 ]
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 .
Leucosticte arctoa (Pallas, 1811) 37 Grey-crowned rosy finch: Unknown [34] LC [34] [34] c. 100-10,000 breeding pairs [34] Leucosticte tephrocotis (Swainson, 1832) 38 Black rosy finch: 10,000-19,999 [35] EN [35] [35] Leucosticte atrata Ridgway, 1874: 39 Brown-capped rosy finch: 45,000 [36] EN [36] [36] Leucosticte australis Ridgway, 1874: 40 ...
This species was originally placed in the genus Leucosticte but a phylogenetic study using mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2016 found that Sillem's rosefinch was a sister species to the Tibetan rosefinch (Carpodacus roborowskii). [5] The International Ornithological Committee therefore moved Sillem's mountain finch to the genus ...