Mountain finch 401158 213078445 2008-05-17T17:46:35Z Black Kite 3002016 fix link {{Taxobox | name = Mountain finches | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Fringillidae]] | subfamilia = [[Carduelinae]] | genus = '''''Leucosticte''''' | genus_authority = [[William Swainson|Swainson]], 1832 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }} The '''mountain finches''' are [[bird]]s in the genus '''''Leucosticte''''' from the true [[finch]] family Fringillidae. This genus also includes the '''rosy finches''' named from their pinkish plumage. They are apparently closely related to the [[bullfinch|bullfinches]] (Marten & Johnson, 1986) and to the [[Pine Grosbeak]] (Arnaiz-Villena ''et al.'', 2001), diverging from them not quite a dozen [[mya (unit)|mya]], at the end of the Middle [[Miocene]]. These birds are typically found in barren mountainous regions. Many species eat more insect material than other finches. The full list of species is: * [[Plain Mountain Finch]], ''Leucosticte nemoricola'' * [[Black-headed Mountain Finch]], ''Leucosticte brandti'' * [[Tawny-headed Mountain Finch]], ''Leucosticte sillemi'' * [[Asian Rosy Finch]], ''Leucosticte arctoa'' * [[Gray-crowned Rosy Finch]], ''Leucosticte tephrocotis'' * [[Black Rosy Finch]], ''Leucosticte atrata'' * [[Brown-capped Rosy Finch]], ''Leucosticte australis'' ==References== * '''Arnaiz-Villena''', A.; Guillén, J.; Ruiz-del-Valle, V.; Lowy, E.; Zamora, J.; Varela, P.; Stefani, D. & Allende, L. M. (2001): Phylogeography of crossbills, bullfinches, grosbeaks, and rosefinches. ''Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences'' '''58''': 1159–1166. [http://chopo.pntic.mec.es/~biolmol/publicaciones/crossbills.pdf PDF fulltext] * '''Arnaiz-Villena''', A., Moscoso, J., Ruiz-del-Valle, V., Gonzalez, J., Reguera, R., Ferri, A., Wink, M., Serrano-Vela, J. I. 2008. Mitochondrial DNA Phylogenetic Definition of a Group of ‘Arid-Zone’ Carduelini Finches. The Open Ornithology Journal, Volume 1: pp.1-7. (Free download available at http://www.bentham.org/open/tooenij/openaccess2.htm) <small>{{doi| 10.2174/1874453200801010001}}</small> * '''Marten''', Jill A. & '''Johnson''', Ned K. (1986): Genetic relationships of North American cardueline finches. ''[[Condor (journal)|Condor]]'' '''88'''(4): 409-420. [http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/files/issues/v088n04/p0409-p0420.pdf PDF fulltext] [[Category:Leucosticte|*]] [[Category:Genera of birds]] [[fr:Leucosticte]] [[no:Fjellfinker]] [[fi:Vuoripeipot]]