Rosy Finch

The Rosy Finch is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Black Rosy Finch (or Black Rosy-finch), Leucosticte atrata, is a medium-sized finch. Adults are black on the head, back and breast with pink on the belly, rump and wings. There is a patch of grey at the back of the head. They have short black legs and a long forked tail. Their breeding habitat is mountain areas above the tree-line in the western United States. They build a cup nest in a cavity on a cliff. More

The Gray-crowned Rosy Finch, Leucosticte tephrocotis, is a medium-sized finch. Adults are brown on the back and breast and mainly pink on the rest of the underparts and the wings. The forehead and throat are black; the back of the head is grey. They have short black legs and a long forked tail. There is some variability in the amount of grey on the head. Their breeding habitat is rocky islands and barren areas on mountains from Alaska to the northwestern United States. More

Rosy Finch were considered to be the same species: the Asian Rosy Finch. * A group of rosy-finches are collectively known as a "bouquet" of finches. More

Brown-capped Rosy Finch Postage Stamp (click on image) Brown-capped Rosy-finch Postage Stamp The 2007 Commemorative Stamp Program Nature of America: Alpine Tundra Pane of 10 stamps includes Brown-capped Rosy-Finch stamp More

● Similar species: Black Rosy-Finch: Other rosy finches show brown in plumage. Flight Pattern Swift bounding flight with rapid wing beats. Black Rosy Finch Body Illustration● Range & Habitat: Black Rosy-Finch: Breeds in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming to northern Nevada and Utah; spends winters south to northern Arizona and New Mexico. Preferred habitats include alpine tundra and meadows; during winter is found in nearby lowlands. More

At one time, the three North American Rosy finches were considered to be one species. The population of this bird appears to be declining. Contents * 1 References * 2 External links * 3 Further reading * 3.1 Book * 3.2 Articles References - 1. More

The gray-crowned rosy finch has a body length of about 6.5 in (16.5 cm). It has a short, slightly forked tail, and a stout, conical, pointed beak. The male is colored overall red, with pinkish red patches on the wings, a dark tail, a gray head, and black patches on the face. The female has a browner, more subdued body coloration, and lacks a black patch on the chin. Juveniles are gray-brown. More

rosy finches were 250 and 450, in two instances, of those of brook saxifrage (CAr ysoplenium beringiar&um). In one case also 160 seeds of sea parsley (Ligusticum scoticum) were contained in a single stomach. Other seeds eaten included those of grass, rush (Juncus sp.), sedge (Carez sp.), chickweed (Alsine borealis), buttercup (Ranunctdus sp.), water chickweed (Montia lontana), cinquefoil (Potentilla sp.), and bluebell (Cam panula sp.). Of the animal food, approximately 21 percent of a total of 24. More

the wintering Rosy Finches on the map, but they didn't suddenly appear in 1999 when Ken first saw them. They were conspicuously present in 1974 when I arrived in Albuquerque and had been reported from the Crest as early as the 1950’s. And for hundreds, nay thousands of years, they have undoubtedly visited the Sandias from early November through late March, just as they do today—only no one was there to notice them. More