Other Names (World)
Asian Rosy-Finch, Siberian Finch, White-winged Rosy-finch, White-winged Mountain-finch, Arctic Rosy-finch, Japanese Rosy-finch, Asian Rosy Finch
Asian Rosy Finch (Leucosticte arctoa) [XC162622]
by Patrick Franke from Bayankhongorijn Khukh Nuur peak, Mongolia (call)
Asian Rosy Finch (Leucosticte arctoa) [XC672331]
by Patrick Franke from Momskiy Natsional'nyy Ulus, Sakha Republic, Russian Federation (flight call, song)
Subspecies
Has been thought possibly to form a superspecies with Grey-crowned Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis), Black Rosy-finch (Leucosticte atrata) and Brown-capped Rosy-finch (Leucosticte australis), and all are often treated as conspecific. Recent analysis of mitochondrial DNA indicates close genetic similarity among them all.
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
arctoa (Pallas, 1811) - Breeds in south-central Russian Siberia (C, southern and south-eastern Altai, western Sayan Mts, Tannu Ola Mts), north-eastern Kazakhstan and north-western Mongolia. Winters (possibly breeds) north-western China (north-western Xinjiang).
cognata (Madarász, 1909) - Siberia (eastern Sayan east to central Baikal Mts) and northern Mongolia.
sushkini Stegmann, 1932 - Khangai (Hangayn) Mts, in west-central Mongolia.
gigliolii Salvadori, 1869 - South-eastern Siberia from northern Baikal Mts east to western Stanovoy Mts (south-western Yakutia).
brunneonucha (von Brandt, JF, 1842) - Breeds in Russian Far East and north-eastern Siberia (from Lena delta south to central Stanovoy Mts, east to Anadyr Range, southern Chukotskiy Peninsula, Koryak Mts, Kamchatka and Kuril Is) and south to north-eastern China (north-eastern Inner Mongolia and western Heilongjiang). Non-breeding also north-eastern China (Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang south to Hebei), Korea and Japan (south to central Honshu).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet