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Photo by Ayuwat J
Beppu, Oita, Japan

Leucosticte arctoa

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Russia south to Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, and Japan.

[edit] Taxonomy

Photo by Askar Isabekov
East Kazakhstan oblast, Ulan region, Kazakhstan, February 2006

[edit] Subspecies

This is a polytypic species, consisting of five subspecies^[1]:

• L. a. arctoa:

• Russian Altai

• L. a. cognata:

• Sayan Mountains and adjacent mountains on Russia/Mongolia border

• L. a. sushkini:

• Northern Mongolia (Khangai region)

• L. a. gigliolii:

• Mountains north of Lake Baikal (east to Yablonovy Mts.)

• L. a. brunneonucha:

• Mountains of eastern Siberia (Lena River to Kamchatka and Kuril Islands)

[edit] Habitat

Tundra and temperate grassland. Streamsides, woodand edge in medium to high mountains.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. BF Member observations

• List of references

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