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Photo by kuwaity
National Park, Sabiya, Kuwait, May 2004

Rhodospiza obsoleta

Rhodopechys obsoleta

[edit] Identification

• Black and white remiges and rectrices
• Pink wing patch
  

Female duller

[edit] Distribution

Female
Photo by Dalga
Sde Boker area, Israel, June 2009

South Eurasia: found locally in mountains of south-eastern Turkey to northern China and northern Pakistan.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

[edit] Habitat

Breeds in dry, flat country, with scattered acacia and tamarisk trees and bushes, gardens and desert oases.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes mainly seeds and some insects.

[edit] Breeding

They nest in trees. The 4-6 pale green, lightly speckled eggs are incubated by the female.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

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