Sinai Rosefinch - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by Ingo
Location: Mount Sina, Egypt

Carpodacus synoicus

Distribution

Southern Israel, northeast Egypt (Sinai), southwest Jordan and extreme northwestern Saudi Arabia.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Formerly considered conspecific with Pale Rosefinch.

Habitat

Hot deserts.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Avibase

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2023) Sinai Rosefinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 November 2023 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sinai_Rosefinch

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