Finches (Fringillidae)

Asian Rosy-finch (Leucosticte arctoa) - HBW 15, p. 572

French: Roselin brun German: Rosenbauch-Schneegimpel Spanish: Pinzón Montano Pardo
Other common names: Siberian Finch, White-winged Rosy-finch/Mountain-finch, Arctic/Japanese Rosy-finch

Taxonomy: Passer arctous Pallas, 1811, Russian Altai.
Has been thought possibly to form a superspecies with L. tephrocotis, L. atrata and L. australis, and all are often treated as conspecific; recent analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates close genetic similarity among all four. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

arctoa ( Pallas, 1811) - breeds in SC Russian Siberia (C, S & SE Altai, W Sayan Mts, Tannu Ola Mts), NE Kazakhstan and NW Mongolia; winters (possibly breeds) NW China (NW Xinjiang).
cognata ( Madarász, 1909) - Siberia (E Sayan E to C Baikal Mts) and N Mongolia.
sushkini Stegmann, 1932 - Khangai (Hangayn) Mts, in WC Mongolia.

See all 5 subspecies

arctoa ( Pallas, 1811) - breeds in SC Russian Siberia (C, S & SE Altai, W Sayan Mts, Tannu Ola Mts), NE Kazakhstan and NW Mongolia; winters (possibly breeds) NW China (NW Xinjiang).
cognata ( Madarász, 1909) - Siberia (E Sayan E to C Baikal Mts) and N Mongolia.
sushkini Stegmann, 1932 - Khangai (Hangayn) Mts, in WC Mongolia.
gigliolii Salvadori, 1869 - SE Siberia from N Baikal Mts E to W Stanovoy Mts (SW Yakutia).
brunneonucha ( J. F. Brandt, 1842) - breeds in Russian Far East and NE Siberia (from Lena delta S to C Stanovoy Mts, E to Anadyr Range, S Chukotskiy Peninsula, Koryak Mts, Kamchatka and Kuril Is) and S to NE China (NE Inner Mongolia and W Heilongjiang); non-breeding also NE China (Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang S to Hebei), Korea and Japan (S to C Honshu).