Rhodopechys
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Rhodopechys is a genus of finches containing four species:
- Crimson-winged Finch, Rhodopechys sanguinea
- Trumpeter Finch, Rhodopechys githaginea
- Mongolian Finch, Rhodopechys mongolica
The Desert Finch, Carduelis obsoletus (formerly Rhodopechys obsoleta), has turned out to belong to the genus Carduelis as indicated by DNA sequences, song and eyestripe pattern; it shares a common ancestor with the greenfinches (Zamora et al., 2006). See the species account for details.
[edit] References
- Cabanis, Jean (1851): [Genus Rhodopechys] In: Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, etc. 1(20): 157 (note) [in German] PDF fulltext available at Gallica: search for "Cabanis"
- Zamora, Jorge; Lowy, Ernesto; Ruiz-del-Valle, Valentin; Moscoso, Juan; Serrano-Vela, Juan Ignacio; Rivero-de-Aguilar, Juan & Arnaiz-Villena, Antonio (2006): Rhodopechys obsoleta (desert finch): a pale ancestor of greenfinches (Carduelis spp.) according to molecular phylogeny. Journal of Ornithology 147(3): 448–456. DOI:10.1007/s10336-005-0036-2 (HTML abstract). Erratum, Journal of Ornithology 147(3): 511–512 DOI:10.1007/s10336-006-0072-6
[edit] External links
- Rhodopechys videos on the Internet Bird Collection
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