Finches (Fringillidae)
Brandt's Mountain-finch (Leucosticte brandti) - HBW 15, p. 571
French: Roselin de Brandt
German: Mattenschneegimpel
Spanish: Pinzón Montano de Brandt
Other common names: Brandt's Rosy-finch, Black-headed/Rosy-rumped Mountain-finch
Taxonomy: Leucosticte brandti Bonaparte, 1850, Turkestan.
Proposed races audreyana (described from Yabuk, on Zemu Glacier, in N Sikkim) and, in China, walteri (from Songpan, in N Sichuan) and intermedia (from Burhan Budai Shan, in Qinghai) synonymized with haematopygia. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- margaritacea ( Madarász, 1904) - NE Kazakhstan (Tarbagatay and Altai Mts), S Russia (Altai, W Tuva and W Sayan Mts), NW China (N Xinjiang) and W Mongolia.
- brandti Bonaparte, 1850 - Kyrgyzstan, SE Kazakhstan (Dzhungarian Alatau and Tien Shan) and W China (W & C Xinjiang); non-breeding also N Pakistan.
- pamirensis Severtsov, 1883 - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan (Pamir-Alai Mts and S Tien Shan), NE Afghanistan and W China (SW Xinjiang); non-breeding also N Pakistan.
- margaritacea ( Madarász, 1904) - NE Kazakhstan (Tarbagatay and Altai Mts), S Russia (Altai, W Tuva and W Sayan Mts), NW China (N Xinjiang) and W Mongolia.
- brandti Bonaparte, 1850 - Kyrgyzstan, SE Kazakhstan (Dzhungarian Alatau and Tien Shan) and W China (W & C Xinjiang); non-breeding also N Pakistan.
- pamirensis Severtsov, 1883 - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan (Pamir-Alai Mts and S Tien Shan), NE Afghanistan and W China (SW Xinjiang); non-breeding also N Pakistan.
- pallidior Bianchi, 1908 - W & C China (Kunlun Mts E to N Qinghai); non-breeding E to NW Gansu.
- haematopygia ( Gould, 1853) - SW China (Xizang, Qinghai and NW Gansu S to W Sichuan and N Yunnan), Karakoram Mts and Himalayas E to NE Nepal and India (Sikkim).
- Least Concern
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