Finches (Fringillidae)

Long-tailed Rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus) - HBW 15, p. 580

French: Roselin à longue queue German: Meisengimpel Spanish: Camachuelo Colilargo
Other common names: Siberian Rosefinch

Taxonomy: Loxia sibirica Pallas, 1773, "near montane rivers and streams of southern Siberia".
Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • sibiricus ( Pallas, 1773) - breeds SW & SC Siberia E to middle R Amur, S to NE Kazakhstan, N Mongolia and NW & NE China (NW Xinjiang; NW Inner Mongolia); winters SC & SE Russia, E Kazakhstan (Tarbagatay, Dzhungarian Alatau, E Tien Shan) and NW & NC China.
  • ussuriensis Buturlin, 1915 - breeds Russian Far East (middle R Amur E to Ussuriland) and NE China (Heilongjiang and Jilin); winters in Korea and E China (Liaoning S to Hebei and Shanxi, also S Gansu).
  • sanguinolentus ( Temminck & Schlegel, 1848) - breeds Sakhalin I, S Kurils and N Japan (Hokkaido, N Honshu); winters C & S Japan.

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  • sibiricus ( Pallas, 1773) - breeds SW & SC Siberia E to middle R Amur, S to NE Kazakhstan, N Mongolia and NW & NE China (NW Xinjiang; NW Inner Mongolia); winters SC & SE Russia, E Kazakhstan (Tarbagatay, Dzhungarian Alatau, E Tien Shan) and NW & NC China.
  • ussuriensis Buturlin, 1915 - breeds Russian Far East (middle R Amur E to Ussuriland) and NE China (Heilongjiang and Jilin); winters in Korea and E China (Liaoning S to Hebei and Shanxi, also S Gansu).
  • sanguinolentus ( Temminck & Schlegel, 1848) - breeds Sakhalin I, S Kurils and N Japan (Hokkaido, N Honshu); winters C & S Japan.
  • lepidus David & Oustalet, 1877 - C China ( E Xizang E to S Shaanxi and SW Shanxi).
  • henrici Oustalet, 1892 - S China (SE Xizang, N Sichuan and W & NW Yunnan).