Desert Finch
Rhodospiza obsoleta(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
English (US) Desert Finch
The Desert Finch (Rhodospiza obsoleta) 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.
Range: locally in mountains of southeastern Türkiye to northern China and northern PakistanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Rhodospiza obsoleta
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Desert Finch
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla obsoleta
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
- Type locality
- Kara-ata spring, near Bokhara [reference not verified].
- Original description
- Reise von Orenburg nach Buchara p.132
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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