Afghanistan (B) (NB), Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B) (NB), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (Asian), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (NB), Tajikistan (B), Turkmenistan.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Plain Mountain Finch (Leucosticte nemoricola) [XC145255]
by Andrew Spencer from Between Observatory and Kosmostansia, Ile-Alatau NP, Almaty, Kazakhstan (call)
Plain Mountain Finch (Leucosticte nemoricola) [XC145254]
by Thijs Fijen from Between Observatory and Kosmostansia, Ile-Alatau NP, Almaty, Kazakhstan (call)
altaica (Eversmann, 1848) - Southern Russia (central and south-eastern Altai east to southern Baikal area) and western Mongolia southern in mountains to eastern and southern Kazakhstan (Tien Shan), north-western China (north-western Xinjiang south to north-western Xizang), western and northern Tajikistan and north-eastern Afghanistan, thence eastern in north-western Himalayas of northern Pakistan and northern India (Uttarakhand).
nemoricola (Hodgson, 1836) - Tibetan Plateau east to central and southern China (eastern Qinghai, Gansu, southern Shaanxi, western Sichuan and north-western Yunnan), and Himalayas from central Nepal east to Bhutan. Non-breeding visitor north-eastern Myanmar.