Brandt's Mountain Finch

Leucosticte brandti - Roselin de Brandt

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Fringillidés

  • Genus
    :

    Leucosticte

  • Species
    :

    brandti

Descriptor

Bonaparte, 1850

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 19 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 26 à 31 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Roselin de Brandt
First year
Roselin de Brandt
adult

Brandt's Mountain Finch (Leucosticte brandti) is a species of bird in the Fringillidae family.

Subspecific information 7 subspecies

  • Leucosticte brandti brandti (Kyrgyzstan, se Kazakhstan and nw China)
  • Leucosticte brandti margaritacea (ne Kazakhstan, s Siberia and nw China)
  • Leucosticte brandti pamirensis (Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, ne Afghanistan and w China)
  • Leucosticte brandti haematopygia (Himalayas from n Pakistan to w,s Tibet and Bhutan)
  • Leucosticte brandti pallidior (wc China)
  • Leucosticte brandti intermedia (c China)
  • Leucosticte brandti walteri (e Tibet and sw China)

Foreign names

  • Roselin de Brandt,
  • Pinzón montano de Brandt,
  • tentilhão-cinzento,
  • Mattenschneegimpel,
  • gyékény hópinty,
  • Brandts Bergvink,
  • Fringuello montano testanera,
  • grå alpfink,
  • Sotfjellfink,
  • horniačka tmavohlavá,
  • pěnkavice velehorská,
  • Mørkhovedet Fjeldfinke,
  • rakkavuoripeippo,
  • pinsà montà de Brandt,
  • góralka ciemnogłowa,
  • melngalvas žubīte,
  • Жемчужный вьюрок,
  • シンジュマシコ,
  • 高山岭雀,
  • 黑頭嶺雀〔高山嶺雀〕,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Grassland : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) :

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 15-06-2011
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