Brandt's mountain finch

Brandt's mountain finch
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Leucosticte
Species: L. brandti
Binomial name
Leucosticte brandti
Bonaparte, 1851

The Brandt's mountain finch or black-headed mountain-finch (Leucosticte brandti) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Its natural habitat is temperate grassland.

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