
Rosy-Finches and Asian Mountain-Finches
Leucosticte
The mountain finches are birds in the genus Leucosticte from the true finch family, Fringillidae. This genus also includes the rosy finches, named from their pinkish plumage.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
speciesLeucosticte tephrocotis

Brown-capped Rosy-Finch
speciesLeucosticte australis

Black Rosy-Finch
speciesLeucosticte atrata

Plain Mountain-Finch
speciesLeucosticte nemoricola

Asian Rosy-Finch
speciesLeucosticte arctoa

Black-headed Mountain-Finch
speciesLeucosticte brandti
Black × Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
hybridLeucosticte atrata × tephrocotis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 9610.