Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Black Rosy Finch (Leucosticte atrata), recorded as Endangered
Black Rosy Finch (Leucosticte atrata). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Black Rosy Finch

Leucosticte atrata

Black Rosy Finch is a perching bird in the family Fringillidae (order Passeriformes) — Leucosticte atrata, recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Leucosticte atrata
Taxonomy
Aves · Passeriformes · Fringillidae · Leucosticte

Appearance

There is a patch of grey at the back of the head. The grey-crowned rosy finch has a brown body instead of black and the brown-capped rosy finch and lacks the grey patch on the back of the head.

Published measurements include mass about 25.

Range and habitat

The black rosy finch's breeding habitat is mountain areas above the tree-line, amongst alpine rocks and cliffs. Its distribution range is between that of the grey-crowned rosy finch (L. Tephrocotis), that is located to north and west, and the brown-capped rosy finch (L. Australis), that is located to the south and east. The black rosy finch or black rosy-finch is a passerine bird in the family Fringillidae native to alpine areas above treeline, of the western United States.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Breeding

The black rosy finch builds a cup nest in a cavity on a cliff. Most birds migrate short distances to lower elevations and further south and return to the alpine areas in April.

A male will defend its female's territory during breeding season, not just the nest but wherever she goes. When breeding both males and females develop throat pouches, known as gular pouches or gular skin, to carry food to their chicks, a trait seen in only one other North American genus, Pinicola.

In crisis

Black Rosy Finch is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Black Rosy Finch, Wikidata item Q1305251. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Brown-capped Rosy Finch (Leucosticte australis), recorded as EndangeredEN

Brown-capped Rosy Finch

Leucosticte australis
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Vaquita

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Javan rhinoceros

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Sumatran orangutan

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Quick answers

What is Black Rosy Finch?
Black Rosy Finch is a perching bird in the family Fringillidae (order Passeriformes) — Leucosticte atrata.
What is the conservation status of Black Rosy Finch?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Leucosticte atrata. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Black Rosy Finch live?
The black rosy finch's breeding habitat is mountain areas above the tree-line, amongst alpine rocks and cliffs.
Why is Black Rosy Finch in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Leucosticte atrata?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Black Rosy Finch a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.