The Asian rosy finch or Asian rosy-finch (Leucosticte arctoa) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It breeds in Mongolia and the East Palearctic; it winters in Manchuria, Korea, Sakhalin and Japan. Its natural habitats are tundra and temperate grassland.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Leucosticte |
| Species: | L. arctoa
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucosticte arctoa (Pallas, 1811)
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Subspecies edit
- Leucosticte arctoa arctoa Russian Altai
- Leucosticte arctoa brunneonucha Mountains of East Siberia (Lena River to Kamchatka and Kuril Islands)
- Leucosticte arctoa cognata Sayan Mountains and adjacent mountains on Russia Mongolia border
- Leucosticte arctoa gigliolii Mountains north of Lake Baikal (east to Yablonovy Mts.)
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Leucosticte arctoa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22720477A132140770. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720477A132140770.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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