Birds Guide

Rhodopechys is a genus of finches containing four species:

• Crimson-winged Finch, Rhodopechys sanguinea
  Trumpeter Finch, Rhodopechys githaginea
  Mongolian Finch, Rhodopechys mongolica

The Desert Finch, Carduelis obsoletus (formerly Rhodopechys obsoleta), has turned out to belong to the genus Carduelis as indicated by DNA sequences, song and eyestripe pattern; it shares a common ancestor with the greenfinches Zamora et al., 2006). See the species account for details.

References

• Cabanis, Jean (1851): [Genus Rhodopechys] In: Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, etc. 1(20): 157 (note) [in German] PDF fulltext available at Gallica: search for "Cabanis"

• Zamora, Jorge; Lowy, Ernesto; Ruiz-del-Valle, Valentin; Moscoso, Juan; Serrano-Vela, Juan Ignacio; Rivero-de-Aguilar, Juan & Arnaiz-Villena, Antonio (2006): Rhodopechys obsoleta (desert finch): a pale ancestor of greenfinches (Carduelis spp.) according to molecular phylogeny. Journal of Ornithology 147(3): 448–456. DOI:10.1007/s10336-005-0036-2 (HTML abstract). Erratum, Journal of Ornithology 147(3): 511–512 DOI:10.1007/s10336-006-0072-6

External links

• Rhodopechys videos on the Internet Bird Collection