Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Cladus: Telluraves
Cladus: Australaves
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Infraordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea
Familia: Fringillidae
Subfamilia: Carduelinae
Genus: Bucanetes
Species: Bucanetes mongolicus
Name
Bucanetes mongolicus Swinhoe, 1870
Synonyms
Rhodopechys mongolicus
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Mongolengimpel
English: Mongolian Finch
español: Camachuelo mongol
فارسی: سهره مغولی
magyar: Mongol sivatagipinty
հայերեն: Խածկտիկ մոնղոլական
日本語: モウコナキマシコ
Nederlands: Mongoolse woestijnvink
Türkçe: Doğu alameceği
中文: 蒙古沙雀
The Mongolian finch (Bucanetes mongolicus), also known as the Mongolian trumpeter finch, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.
Description
The Mongolian finch is a small, long-winged bird. It has a large head and short, thick greyish-yellow bill. In breeding plumage, males have a pink flush to their face and underparts, and there are extensive white and pink areas in the wings, a pattern that is also present but less marked in non-breeding plumage.
Taxonomy
This species has been genetically included in a group of arid-zone Carduelini finches, which comprises the following species: Leucosticte arctoa tephrocotis, Leucosticte arctoa arctoa, Carpodacus nipalensis, Rhodopechys githaginea, Rhodopechys mongolica.[2][3][4]
Its phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[5]
Distribution and habitat
This bird is a resident from eastern Turkey, across the Caucasus, east into Central Asia and on to western China and Mongolia and south into the Kashmir. Mountainous areas of stony desert or semi-arid scrub and rocky slopes are favoured for breeding. It is native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Pakistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, India, Nepal, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey and Uzbekistan.[6] It is a vagrant in Bahrain.[6]
Armenia
The first record for Armenia was in 2001 near Vedi.[7] Further birds were seen here in 2002.[8]
Azerbaijan
It was first recorded in Azerbaijan at Bulgan in early May 1912 (Beme 1926) [9] Bulgan is in the Nakhchivan region, which is separated from the main part of the country by a strip of Armenian territory; Kirwan & Konrad (1995) [10] incorrectly list this site as being in Armenia. Beddard et al. (2002) [7] were unaware of any records from the main part of the country.
Turkey
In Turkey, the species' occurrence in the far east of the country is well documented, e.g. Kirwan & Conrad (1995),[10] Roselaar (1995).[11]
Kirwan et al. (2000) published information suggesting that the species' Turkish range may be more extensive, including a record in 1999 from Sivrikaya in the Pontic Mountains, 100 km northwest of the core Turkish range, and one in 1982 from Sultanbabadagi, Tunceli, 200 km west of its core range.[12] They also suggest that an adult with a fledged juvenile seen on the eastern side of Lake Tuz in 1967, and identified at the time as desert finches, may actually have been Mongolian finches.[12]
References
BirdLife International (2018). "Bucanetes mongolicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22720520A132001272. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720520A132001272.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
Arnaiz-Villena, A; Moscoso J; Ruiz-del-Valle V; González J; Reguera R; Ferri A; Wink M; Serrano-Vale JI (2008). "Mitochondrial DNA Phylogenetic Definition of a Group'of "Arid-Zone" Carduelini Finches" (PDF). The Open Ornithology Journal. 1: 1–7. doi:10.2174/1874453200801010001.
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" (PDF). Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 58 (8): 1159–1166. doi:10.1007/PL00000930. PMID 11529508. S2CID 6241573.
Arnaiz-Villena, A; Gómez-Prieto P; Ruiz-de-Valle V (2009). "Phylogeography of finches and sparrows". Animal Genetics. Nova Science Publishers. ISBN 978-1-60741-844-3.
Arnaiz-Villena, A; Zamora J; Ernesto L; Ruiz-del-Valle V; Moscoso J; Serrano-Vela JI; Rivero-de-Aguilar J (2006). "Rhodopechys obsoleta (desert finch): a pale ancestor of greenfinches(Carduelis spp.) according to molecular phylogeny" (PDF). Journal of Ornithology. 147 (3): 448–456. doi:10.1007/s10336-005-0036-2. S2CID 8771417.
Birdlife Species factsheet (additional data): Mongolian Finch (Rhodopechys mongolicus) Birdlife International (accessed 23 May 2008)
Beddard, Roy, Vasil Ananian and Mark Finn (2002) The first Mongolian Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes mongolicus in Armenia Sandgrouse 24(2): 144-7
Ananian, Vasil and Simon Busuttil (2003) Further observations and probable breeding of Mongolian Trumpeter Finch Bucanetes mongolicus in Armenia Sandgrouse 25(2): 148-50
Beme, L. B. (1926) [Liste der von P. I. Shukow 1915-1917 in der nordlichen turkei gesammelten Vogel.] Izv. Gorsk (Vladikavkas) 3: 97-102
Kirwan, Guy & Volker Conrad (1995) Little known Western Palearctic birds: Mongolian Trumpeter Finch Birding World 8(4):139-44
Roselaar, C. S. (1995) Songbird of Turkey: an atlas of biodiversity of Turkish passerine birds ISBN 90-74345-07-7
Kirwan, Guy M., Matthias Bechtolsheim and Siegfried Willig (2000) Distribution of Mongolian Finch in Turkey Dutch Birding 22(3):149-50
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