Spotted great rosefinch
| Spotted great rosefinch | |
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| Male at Kibber | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Genus: | Carpodacus |
| Species: | C. rubicilla |
| Trinomial name | |
| Carpodacus rubicilla severtzovi (Sharpe, 1886) | |
The spotted great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla severtzovi) is a finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Kashmir, Nepal, Tibet, and southwestern China.
Its natural habitats are tundra and temperate grassland.
It was formerly considered a distinct species, but most taxonomists now regard it as a subspecies of the great rosefinch.
References
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.9). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ [Accessed July 31, 2011].
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