Dark-breasted rosefinch
| Dark-breasted rosefinch | |
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| Male at 9,800 ft in East Sikkim of the state of Sikkim, India | |
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| Female at 6,500 ft in Khangchendzonga National Park, West Sikkim, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Genus: | Procarduelis |
| Species: | P. nipalensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Procarduelis nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836) | |
The dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis) is a true finch species (family Fringillidae).
It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
Taxonomy
The dark-breasted rosefinch was formerly placed in the genus Carpodacus but was moved to Procarduelis based on the results from the phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.[2][3]
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Male at 12,000 ft. from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India
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Male at 9,500 ft. in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Female at 10,500 ft.in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India
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Male at 11,000 ft. in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Carpodacus nipalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (2): 581–596. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002.