Finches (Fringillidae)

Mongolian Finch (Eremopsaltria mongolica) - HBW 15, p. 578

French: Roselin de Mongolie German: Mongolengimpel Spanish: Camachuelo Mongol
Other common names: Mongolian Trumpeter Finch

Taxonomy: Carpodacus mongolicus Swinhoe, 1870, Keming, southern Chahar [north-west Hebei], China.
Previously placed in genus Rhodopechys or Bucanetes. Monotypic.

Distribution: E Turkey, S Caucasus, Azerbaijan (Nakhichevan) and N & E Iran E to S & E Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Mongolia, S to C Afghanistan, N Pakistan (Chitral, Baltistan and Gilgit), Ladakh, and W, C & NE China (S to N & W Xinjiang, N Qinghai, Gansu & W Inner Mongolia); winters also W Pakistan (Baluchistan).