Mongolian finch

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Mongolian finch
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Male from Ladakh

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Bucanetes
Species:
B. mongolicus
Binomial name
Bucanetes mongolicus
(Swinhoe, 1870)
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Synonyms

Eremopsaltria mongolica
Rhodopechys mongolicus

The Mongolian finch (Bucanetes mongolicus), also known as the Mongolian trumpeter finch, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

Description[]

The Mongolian finch is a small, long-winged bird. It has a large head and short, thick greyish-yellow bill. In breeding plumage, males have a pink flush to their face and underparts, and there are extensive white and pink areas in the wings, a pattern that is also present but less marked in non-breeding plumage.

Taxonomy[]

This species has been genetically included in a group of arid-zone Carduelini finches, which comprises the following species: Leucosticte arctoa tephrocotis, Leucosticte arctoa arctoa, Carpodacus nipalensis, Rhodopechys githaginea, Rhodopechys mongolica.[2][3][4]

Its phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[5]

Distribution and habitat[]

This bird is a resident from eastern Turkey, across the Caucasus, east into Central Asia and on to western China and Mongolia and south into the Kashmir. Mountainous areas of stony desert or semi-arid scrub and rocky slopes are favoured for breeding. It is native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, India, Nepal, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.[6] It is a vagrant in Bahrain.[6]

Armenia[]

The first record for Armenia was in 2001 near Vedi.[7] Further birds were seen here in 2002.[8]

Azerbaijan[]

It was first recorded in Azerbaijan at Bulgan in early May 1912 (Beme 1926) [9] Bulgan is in the Nakhchivan region, which is separated from the main part of the country by a strip of Armenian territory; Kirwan & Konrad (1995) [10] incorrectly list this site as being in Armenia. Beddard et al. (2002) [7] were unaware of any records from the main part of the country.

Turkey[]

In Turkey, the species' occurrence in the far east of the country is well documented, e.g. Kirwan & Conrad (1995),[10] Roselaar (1995).[11]

Kirwan et al. (2000) published information suggesting that the species' Turkish range may be more extensive, including a record in 1999 from in the Pontic Mountains, 100 km northwest of the core Turkish range, and one in 1982 from , Tunceli, 200 km west of its core range.[12] They also suggest that an adult with a fledged juvenile seen on the eastern side of Lake Tuz in 1967, and identified at the time as desert finches, may actually have been Mongolian finches.[12]

References[]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Bucanetes mongolicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22720520A132001272. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720520A132001272.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Moscoso J; Ruiz-del-Valle V; González J; Reguera R; Ferri A; Wink M; Serrano-Vale JI (2008). "Mitochondrial DNA Phylogenetic Definition of a Group'of "Arid-Zone" Carduelini Finches" (PDF). The Open Ornithology Journal. 1: 1–7. doi:10.2174/1874453200801010001.
  3. ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A.; Guillén, J.; Ruiz-del-Valle, V.; Lowy, E.; Zamora, J.; Varela, P.; Stefani, D.; Allende, L. M. (2001). "Phylogeography of crossbills, bullfinches, grosbeaks, and rosefinches" (PDF). Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 58 (8): 1159–1166. doi:10.1007/PL00000930. PMID 11529508. S2CID 6241573.
  4. ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Gómez-Prieto P; Ruiz-de-Valle V (2009). "Phylogeography of finches and sparrows". Animal Genetics. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60741-844-3.
  5. ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Zamora J; Ernesto L; Ruiz-del-Valle V; Moscoso J; Serrano-Vela JI; Rivero-de-Aguilar J (2006). "Rhodopechys obsoleta (desert finch): a pale ancestor of greenfinches(Carduelis spp.) according to molecular phylogeny" (PDF). Journal of Ornithology. 147 (3): 448–456. doi:10.1007/s10336-005-0036-2. S2CID 8771417.
  6. ^ a b Birdlife Species factsheet (additional data): Mongolian Finch (Rhodopechys mongolicus) Birdlife International (accessed 23 May 2008)
  7. ^ a b Beddard, Roy, Vasil Ananian and Mark Finn (2002) The first Mongolian Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes mongolicus in Armenia Sandgrouse 24(2): 144-7
  8. ^ Ananian, Vasil and Simon Busuttil (2003) Further observations and probable breeding of Mongolian Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes mongolicus in Armenia Sandgrouse 25(2): 148-50
  9. ^ Beme, L. B. (1926) [Liste der von P. I. Shukow 1915-1917 in der nordlichen turkei gesammelten Vogel.] 3: 97-102
  10. ^ a b Kirwan, Guy & Volker Conrad (1995) Little known Western Palearctic birds: Mongolian Trumpeter Finch Birding World 8(4):139-44
  11. ^ Roselaar, C. S. (1995) Songbird of Turkey: an atlas of biodiversity of Turkish passerine birds ISBN 90-74345-07-7
  12. ^ a b Kirwan, Guy M., Matthias Bechtolsheim and Siegfried Willig (2000) Distribution of Mongolian Finch in Turkey Dutch Birding 22(3):149-50
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