Dark-breasted rosefinch

The dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis) is a true finch species (family Fringillidae).

Dark-breasted rosefinch
Male at 9,800 ft in East Sikkim of the state of Sikkim, India
Female at 6,500 ft in Khangchendzonga National Park, West Sikkim, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Procarduelis
Blyth, 1843
Species:
P. nipalensis
Binomial name
Procarduelis nipalensis
(Hodgson, 1836)

It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Taxonomy

The dark-breasted rosefinch was formerly placed in the genus Carpodacus but was moved to Procarduelis based on the results from the phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.[2][3]

  • Male at 12,000 ft. from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, East Sikkim, India
  • Male at 9,500 ft. in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
  • Female at 10,500 ft.in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India
  • Male at 11,000 ft. in Kullu - Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Carpodacus nipalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  3. Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (2): 581–596. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002. PMID 22023825.


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