Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Carpodacus
Kaup, 1829 Higher classification Uragus | Phylum Chordata Family Fringillidae Scientific name Uragus sibiricus Rank Species | |
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Similar Red‑flanked bluetail, Rosefinch, Black‑faced bunting, Meadow bunting, Grey‑capped greenfinch | ||
long tailed rosefinch
The long-tailed rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus) is a species of finch of the Fringillidae family.
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It is found in China, Japan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and temperate grassland.
It is a very rare vagrant to Europe, but like several related Asiatic rosefinches is reasonably frequent in the cage-bird trade so many records have been considered to relate to escapes.
long tailed rosefinch
Taxonomy
The long-tailed rosefinch was formerly placed in the genus Uragus but was moved to Carpodacus based on the results of phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.
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