Species of bird
The Asian rosy finch or Asian rosy-finch (Leucosticte arctoa) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
It breeds in Mongolia and the East Palearctic; it winters in Manchuria, Korea, Sakhalin and Japan.
Its natural habitats are tundra and temperate grassland.
Subspecies
- Leucosticte arctoa arctoa Russian Altai
- Leucosticte arctoa brunneonucha Mountains of East Siberia (Lena River to Kamchatka and Kuril Islands)
- Leucosticte arctoa cognata Sayan Mountains and adjacent mountains on Russia Mongolia border
- Leucosticte arctoa gigliolii Mountains north of Lake Baikal (east to Yablonovy Mts.)
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