| Blanford's rosefinch | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Agraphospiza Zuccon, Prŷs-Jones, Rasmussen & Ericson, 2012 |
| Species: | A. rubescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Agraphospiza rubescens (Blanford, 1872) | |
Blanford's rosefinch (Agraphospiza rubescens) or thecrimson rosefinch, is a species offinch in the familyFringillidae.It is found inBhutan,China,India, andNepal. Its naturalhabitat is borealforest.
Blanford's rosefinch was formerly placed in thegenusCarpodacus with the other rosefinches. It was moved to themonotypic genusAgraphospiza based on the results from the phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.[2][3] It differs from rosefinches in the genusCarpodacus. Both sexes have unstreaked plumage, the bill is thinner and less conical, the wings are more pointed and it has a shorter tail.[3]
Its common name commemorates theEnglish zoologistWilliam Thomas Blanford.[4]
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