Desert Finch - BirdForum Opus

Photo by kuwaity
National Park, Sabiya, Kuwait, May 2004

Rhodospiza obsoleta

Rhodopechys obsoleta

Identification

• Black and white remiges and rectrices
• Pink wing patch
  

Female duller

Distribution

Female
Photo by Dalga
Sde Boker area, Israel, June 2009

South Eurasia: found locally in mountains of south-eastern Turkey to northern China and northern Pakistan.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Breeds in dry, flat country, with scattered acacia and tamarisk trees and bushes, gardens and desert oases.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes mainly seeds and some insects.

Breeding

They nest in trees. The 4-6 pale green, lightly speckled eggs are incubated by the female.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Desert Finch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 30 November 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Desert_Finch

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