Plain Mountain Finch | |
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at 13000 feet near a glacier in Western Uttarakhand, India. | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Genus: | Leucosticte |
Species: | L. nemoricola |
Binomial name | |
Leucosticte nemoricola Hodgson, 1836 |
The Plain Mountain-finch (Leucosticte nemoricola) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.
It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.