Rhodopechys

Rhodopechys is a genus of finches containing the following species:

• Crimson-winged Finch, Rhodopechys sanguineus
  • African Crimson-winged Finch, Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus
• Trumpeter Finch, Rhodopechys githaginea
• Mongolian Finch, Rhodopechys mongolica

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.

References

• Arnaiz-Villena, A., Moscoso, J., Ruiz-del-Valle, V., Gonzalez, J., Reguera, R., Ferri, A., Wink, M., Serrano-Vela, J. I. 2008. Mitochondrial DNA Phylogenetic Definition of a Group of ‘Arid-Zone’ Carduelini Finches. The Open Ornithology Journal, Volume 1: pp. 1–7. (Free download available at http://www.benthamscience.com/open/tooenij/articles/V001/1TOOENIJ.pdf) doi: 10.2174/1874453200801010001

• 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"

• Groth, J. G. 1994. A mitochondrial cytochrome b phylogeny of cardueline finches. Journal für Ornithologie, 135: 31.

• 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

External links

• Rhodopechys videos, photos and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection