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Spotted great rosefinch
Subspecies of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The spotted great rosefinch or spotted rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla severtzovi) is a finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Kashmir, Nepal, Tibet, and southwestern China.
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Spotted great rosefinch | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Carpodacus |
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Subspecies: | C. r. severtzovi |
Trinomial name | |
Carpodacus rubicilla severtzovi (Sharpe, 1886) |
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Its natural habitats are tundra and temperate grassland.
It was formerly considered a distinct species, but is now commonly regarded as a subspecies of the great rosefinch.[1]