(→Taxonomy: Update link) |
(GSearch amended.) |
||
| Line 28: | Line 28: | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch|Bucanetes +mongolica}} | + | {{GSearch|Bucanetes+mongolica}} |
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Bucanetes]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Bucanetes]] | ||
Revision as of 10:54, 27 August 2014
|
This article is incomplete. This article is missing one or more sections. You can help the BirdForum Opus by expanding it. |
|
- Bucanetes mongolicus
Rhodopechys mongolica
Identification
- Large head
- Short, thick greyish-yellow bill
Breeding male
- Pink flush to face and underparts
- Extensive white and pink areas in the wings
Distribution
Africa, Middle East and Asia
Northern Africa: found only in Egypt
Middle East: Turkey, Iran, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia
Asia: Russia, Siberia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, China, Tibet, Pakistan, India and Western Himalayas
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Previously included in the genus Rhodopechys and placed in Eremopsaltria by some authorities.
Habitat
Areas of sparse mountainous vegetation, stony desert or semi-arid scrub and rocky slopes.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
- The Website of Everything
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Mongolian Finch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mongolian_Finch
