Mountain finch
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| Mountain finches | |
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| File:Gray-Crowned Rosy-Finch.jpg | |
| Grey-crowned rosy finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis) | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Leucosticte Swainson, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Linaria tephrocotis[1] Swainson, 1832
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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] These birds are native to Asia and North America and are typically found in barren mountainous regions. Many species eat more insect material than other finches.
There are six species in the genus:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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| File:Plain Mountain Finch (Leucosticte nemoricola) (48332465132).jpg | Leucosticte nemoricola | Plain mountain finch | Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Tibet, and Turkmenistan. |
| File:Brandt's Mountain finch or Black-headed Mountain-finch (Leucosticte brandti)-1904.jpg | Leucosticte brandti | Brandt's mountain finch | Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan |
| File:Leucosticte arctoa.jpg | Leucosticte arctoa | Asian rosy finch | Mongolia and North Asia; it winters in Manchuria, Korea, Sakhalin and Japan |
| File:Leucosticte tephrocotis, British Columbia 1.jpg | Leucosticte tephrocotis | Grey-crowned rosy finch | Alaska, western Canada, and the north-western United States. |
| File:Black Rosy-Finch 2.jpg | Leucosticte atrata | Black rosy finch | Interior west |
| File:Brown-capped rosy finch.jpg | Leucosticte australis | Brown-capped rosy finch | central Rocky Mountains of the United States |
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