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Rhodopechys

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Carduelinae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Fringillidae

Scientific name
  
Rhodopechys

Higher classification
  
Pyrrhulini

Order
  
Passerine

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Similar
  
Bird, Finch, Eurasian crimson‑winged finch, Trumpeter finch, Desert finch

Bird rhodopechys sanguineus eurasian crimson winged finch


Rhodopechys is a genus of finches containing the following two species:

Contents

  • Eurasian crimson-winged finch, Rhodopechys sanguineus
  • African crimson-winged finch, Rhodopechys alienus
  • The desert finch, Carduelis obsoleta (formerly Rhodopechys obsoleta), has turned out to belong to the (sub)genus Chloris in the genus Carduelis as indicated by DNA sequences, song and eyestripe pattern; it is closely related to the greenfinches (Zamora et al., 2006). See the species account for details.

    Eurasian crimson winged finch rhodopechys sanguineus


    References

    Rhodopechys Wikipedia


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