Species profile
Asian Rosy-finch
Leucosticte arctoa
Quick answer
Breeding regions are PAL. Breeding subregions are subarctic to temperate c, ne Palearctic in Altai to e Russia in barren alpine rocky areas, snowfields: ne Kazakhstan, Altay and Tuva regions (sc Siberia) and w, n Mongolia; disjunctly Baikal area to Sea of Okhotsk, Kamchatka and n Kuril Is. (e Russia), nw Inner Mongolia (far n China) and (perhaps) c Hokkaido (n Japan). Non breeding regions are to lowland Sakhalin, ne coastal China, Korean Pen., Hokkaido to c Honshu (n, c, Japan).
- Scientific name
- Leucosticte arctoa
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Leucosticte
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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