Species profile
Plain Mountain-finch
Leucosticte nemoricola
Quick answer
Breeding regions are OR. Breeding subregions are c, sc Palearctic from Tienshan to Altai and Himalayas in alpine meadows and subalpine scrub: e Kazakhstan ne to Altay and Tuva regions (sc Russia), w, nw Xinjiang (nw China) and w Mongolia; in s through ne Afghanistan, e in Karakorum, s, c, e Tibet and Inner Himalayas to far n Myanmar and nw Yunnan, ne to n Qinghai, Gansu and s Shaanxi (nc China). Non breeding regions are to lower elevations.
- Scientific name
- Leucosticte nemoricola
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Leucosticte
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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