Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch Leucosticte tephrocotis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Subspecies (7)
Scott A. MacDougall-Shackleton, Richard E. Johnson, and Thomas P. Hahn
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2000
Text last updated January 1, 2000
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bulgarian | Сивоглава алпийска чинка |
Catalan | pinsà muntanyenc capgrís |
Croatian | sivoglava zeba |
Czech | pěnkavice šedohlavá |
Dutch | Grijskruinbergvink |
English | Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch |
English (United States) | Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch |
Estonian | hallpea-mägivint |
French | Roselin à tête grise |
French (Canada) | Roselin à tête grise |
German | Schwarzstirn-Schneegimpel |
Japanese | ハイガシラハギマシコ |
Norwegian | grånakkefjellfink |
Polish | góralka siwogłowa |
Russian | Американский вьюрок |
Serbian | Sivoglava ružina zeba |
Slovak | horniačka sivohlavá |
Spanish | Pinzón Montano Nuquigrís |
Spanish (Panama) | Pinzón Montano Nuquigrís |
Spanish (Spain) | Pinzón montano nuquigrís |
Swedish | grånackad alpfink |
Turkish | Gri Başlı Alamecek |
Ukrainian | Катуньчик сивоголовий |
Leucosticte tephrocotis (Swainson, 1832)
PROTONYM:
Linaria (Leucosticte) tephrocotis
Swainson, 1832. Fauna Boreali-Americana; or the zoology of the northern parts of British America: containing descriptions of the objects of natural history collected on the late northern land expeditions under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. Part second, the birds pt.2, p.265, pl.50.
TYPE LOCALITY:
on the Saskatchewan ; type from near Carlton House, Saskatchewan, fide Hellmayr, 1938, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 13, pt. 11, p. 262.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- LEUCOSTICTE
- leucosticta / leucosticte / leucostictos / leucostictus
- tephrocotis
- Tephrocotis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Figure 1. Distribution of the Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch.
This species occurs locally, and may vary widely in abundance within its winter range.