Other Scientific Names
Rhodopechys sanguinea [BirdLife International (2004)], Rhodopechys sanguinea [Cramp and Simmons (1977-1994)], Rhodopechys sanguinea [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]
Other Names (World)
Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch, Asian Crimson-winged Finch, Crimson-winged Desert Finch, Crimson-winged Finch
Asian Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus) [XC181208]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Yakawlang, Bamiyan, Afghanistan (call)
Asian Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus) [XC802018]
by GABRIEL LEITE from P\u0131narba\u015f\u0131 K\u00f6y\u00fc, \u00c7amard\u0131, Ni\u011fde, Turkey (call)
Subspecies
Rhodopechys sanguineus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys sanguineus) and African Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys alienus) following Kirwan et al. (2006) and Tobias et al. (2010), who split the form aliena on the basis of longer bill and tarsus (score 1) and shorter tail (score 2); face less red, none before supercilium, no pink tips to rump, less pink in wing (score 2), male with more restricted black on cap (1), chin and throat grey-white plus breast-band spotted (1), and several other differences which cannot be scored.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
alienus (Gould, 1838) - Morocco and north-eastern Algeria. Considerd by some authors to be a distinct species, African Crimson-winged Finch (Rhodopechys alienus).
sanguineus (Gould, 1838) - Central-southern and eastern Turkey, Lebanon, northern Israel, western Syria, southern Caucasus, Iran, southern Turkmenistan and northern Afghanistan east to south-eastern and eastern Kazakhstan,Tajikistan, and north-western China (northern and western Xinjiang).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet