Leucosticte: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Leucosticte
Species
Scientific Name: Leucosticte

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Mountain finch

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.

The genus is a sister to the monotypic Procarduelis containing the Asian dark-breasted rosefinch. These birds are native to Asia and North America and are typically found in barren mountainous regions. Many species eat more insect material than other finches.

There are six species in the genus:

Leucosticte in languages:

Arabic: عصافير وردية وعصافير الجبل
Bokmål: Fjellfinker
Czech: pěnkavice
English: Rosy-Finches and Asian Mountain-Finches
English: Rosy Finches and Asian Mountain Finches
English: Rosy and Mountain Finches
English: Rosy-Finches and Allies
English: Rosy Finches and Allies
Finnish: vuoripeipot
German: Schneegimpel
Portuguese: Pinzões
Russian: Горные вьюрки

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