Plain Mountain Finch
Leucosticte nemoricola(Hodgson, BH, 1836)
English (US) Plain Mountain Finch
The Plain Mountain Finch (Leucosticte nemoricola) 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 Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Leucosticte nemoricola
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Plain Mountain Finch
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Leucosticte nemoricola altaica
- Leucosticte nemoricola nemoricola
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilauda nemoricola
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
- Type locality
- central and northern Nepal.
- Original description
- Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.158
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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