Finches (Fringillidae)
Plain Mountain-finch (Leucosticte nemoricola) - HBW 15, p. 571
French: Roselin de Hodgson
German: Waldschneegimpel
Spanish: Pinzón Montano de Hodgson
Other common names: Hodgson's Mountain-finch, Hodgson's Rosy-finch
Taxonomy: Fringilauda nemoricola Hodgson, 1836, central and northern Nepal.
Geographical variation somewhat clinal; races weakly differentiated. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- altaica ( Eversmann, 1848) - S Russia (C & SE Altai E to S Baikal area) and W Mongolia S in mountains to E & S Kazakhstan (Tien Shan), NW China (NW Xinjiang S to NW Xizang), W & N Tajikistan and NE Afghanistan, thence E in NW Himalayas of N Pakistan and N India (Uttarakhand).
- nemoricola ( Hodgson, 1836) - Tibetan Plateau E to C & S China (E Qinghai, Gansu, S Shaanxi, W Sichuan and NW Yunnan), and Himalayas from C Nepal E to Bhutan; non-breeding visitor NE Myanmar.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close up Locality Forschungsstation, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp altaica)
Eric Roualet 29 May 2012 48 weeks ago 13 sec 3.7 -
A female on rocks and finally being chased by another individual Locality Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp nemoricola)
Keith Blomerley 7 August 2005 6 years ago 19 sec 3.7 -
A bird on a rock Locality Forschungsstation, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp altaica)
Eric Roualet 29 May 2012 48 weeks ago 15 sec 3.6 -
A large group of birds feeding on some left-over corn stubble Locality Dirang, West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (ssp nemoricola)
Ron Hoff 4 March 2008 4 years ago 28 sec 3.1 -
An adult perched on wires and joined by a Guldenstadt's Redstart Locality Bolshoe Almatinskoe Lake, Ile Alatau National Park, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp altaica)
Greg Baker 23 May 2008 1 year ago 9 sec 2.7
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subadult
Locality Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp altaica)
Gennadiy Dyakin 16 August 2009 21 weeks ago 4.3 -
Female on a log
Locality Moxi Town, Luding County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp nemoricola)
auf 20 April 2012 46 weeks ago 3.5 -
standing on ground
Locality Kangding County, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Zhou Huaming 9 December 2007 3 years ago 3.5 -
Bird on the stone.
Locality Altai Republic, Eastern Russia, Russia (ssp altaica)
Sergey Pisarevsky 30 July 2011 1 year ago 3.4 -
Adult female feeding on the ground
Locality Moxi Town, Luding County, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp nemoricola)
auf 20 April 2012 46 weeks ago 3.2 -
Adult standing on a rock.
Locality Ile Alatau National Park, Tian Shan, Almaty Province, Kazakhstan (ssp altaica)
Christophe Gouraud 19 June 2010 2 years ago 2.8
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