Pale Rockfinch

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Pale Rockfinch
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Carpospiza
Species: C. brachydactyla
Binomial name
Carpospiza brachydactyla
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms

Petronia brachydactyla

The Pale Rockfinch is a little African sparrow, which is the only member of the genus Carpospiza. There is 3-4 fossil species on Egypt and Ethiopia.

[edit] References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Petronia brachydactyla. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.


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