Dark-breasted rosefinch

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Dark-breasted rosefinch
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Male at 9,800 ft in East Sikkim of the state of Sikkim, India
Dark-breasted Rosefinch Khangchendzonga National park West Sikkim India 30.03.2016.jpg
Female at 6,500 ft in Khangchendzonga National Park, West Sikkim, India
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Procarduelis
Blyth, 1843
Species:
P. nipalensis
Binomial name
Procarduelis nipalensis
(Hodgson, 1836)

The dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis) is a species of true finch in the monotypic genus Procarduelis. It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

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Taxonomy

The dark-breasted rosefinch was formerly placed in the genus Carpodacus but was moved Procarduelis based on the results from the phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. [2] [3]

Subspecies

Subspecific variation is mostly clinal, with the plumage becoming darker from west to east. [4] There are between two-three recognised subspecies: [5]

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References

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  4. Clement, Peter (2020-03-04). Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.). "Dark-breasted Rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.dabros1.01. S2CID   216485275.
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