Pale Rockfinch
Carpospiza brachydactyla(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
English (US) Pale Rockfinch
The Pale Rockfinch (Carpospiza brachydactyla) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Passeridae (Snowfinches and Old World Sparrows) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: arid Türkiye; winters to southwestern Arabia and northeastern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Carpospiza brachydactyla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pale Rockfinch
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Petronia brachydactyla
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
- Type locality
- 'Arabia, Abyssinia'; type from Kunfuda, western Arabia.
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.513
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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