Grey-crowned Rosy Finch
Leucosticte tephrocotis(Swainson, WJ, 1832)
English (US) Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
UK name: Grey-crowned Rosy Finch
The Grey-crowned Rosy Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis) 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 tephrocotis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-crowned Rosy Finch
- English (UK)
- Grey-crowned Rosy Finch
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Leucosticte tephrocotis maxima
- Leucosticte tephrocotis griseonucha
- Leucosticte tephrocotis umbrina
- Leucosticte tephrocotis littoralis
- Leucosticte tephrocotis tephrocotis
- Leucosticte tephrocotis dawsoni
- Leucosticte tephrocotis wallowa
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Linaria (Leucosticte) tephrocotis
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1832)
- Type locality
- on the Saskatchewan ; type from near Carlton House, Saskatchewan, fide Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 262.
- Original description
- Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part second, the birds pt.2 p.265, pl.50
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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