Tag: Leucosticte atrata

Black Rosy Finch (Leucosticte atrata)

[order] PASSERIFORMES | [family] Fringillidae | [latin] Leucosticte atrata | [UK] Black Rosy Finch | [FR] Roselin noir | [DE] Rosenbauch-Schneegimpel | [ES] Pinzon Montano Negro | [NL] Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics Rosy-Finches are sparrow-sized birds of the high snowfields; they walk, not hop. Taxonomists have recently been lumping and splitting the various races […]