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Location: Qinghai Lake, China

Alternative names: Pink-tailed Rosefinch; Przewalski's Rosefinch; Przevalski's Finch or Pink-tailed Bunting

Urocynchramus pylzowi

[edit] Identification

Long tail, bright pink throat, breast and belly, brown streaked back and wings.

[edit] Distribution

Central-west China at altitudes of 3050 m to 5000 m.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹. Its taxonomic affinities were unclear for a long time. Using molecular evidence, Groth (2000) proposed that it should in fact be regarded as the only member of the family Urocynchramidae, (something that had been originally proposed in the German ornithological literature as long ago as 1918 by Domaniewski, and also by Wolters in 1979) and this change was adopted by Clements (2007).

[edit] Habitat

Alpine scrub at altitudes of 3050 m to 5000 m.

[edit] Behaviour

Biology and breeding ecology poorly known.

[edit] References

1. Clements James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. Groth, J. 2000. Molecular evidence for the systematic position of Urocynchramus pylzowi. The Auk 117 (3): 787-92.
3. Robertson, Don. 2006. Pink-tailed Bunting. http://montereybay.com/creagrus/pinktailedbunting.html.
4. Wikipedia (2008). Przewalski's Finch. Downloaded 14 May 2008.

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