Species: Leucosticte tephrocotis

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

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Terrestrial vertebrates: birds

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Fringillidae

Genus

Leucosticte

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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Grey-crowned Rosy-finch - roselin à tête grise

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Perching Birds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Passeriformes - Fringillidae - Leucosticte - generally have not been recognized in recent literature.

Ecology and Life History

Short General Description

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch; a small, gray-brown, sparrow-like bird.

Migration

true - true - true - Migrates elevationally as well as geographically.

Non-migrant

true

Locally Migrant

true

Food Comments

Forages on the ground for seeds. In the spring gleans wind-transported insects from the snow. Later in the season may glean insects from vegetation or may chase flying insects and catch them in the air.

Reproduction Comments

In some areas, clutch size is 4-5, and incubation, by female, lasts 12-14 days; young leave nest at about 20 days. In the Aleutians, eggs are laid in late April-July, clutch size is 3-6, fledging occurs at 15-22 days, and there may be two broods per year (Johnson 1983). Young are tended by both sexes.

Ecology Comments

Males typically outnumber females in breeding and wintering populations. During breeding season male defends "territory" around female wherever she moves (Ryser 1985). Forms large flocks (up to 1000+ individuals) when not breeding.

Length

Weight

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

Global Status Last Reviewed

1996-12-04

Global Status Last Changed

1996-12-04

Other Status

LC - Least concern

Distribution

Conservation Status Map

Global Range

H - >2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles) - H - BREEDS: western and north-central Alaska (north to the Seward Peninsula and Brooks Range), central Yukon, British Columbia, and southwestern Alberta south to southern Alaska (including St. Matthew, Nunivak, and the Pribilof and Aleutian islands), and through the Cascades, Sierra Nevada, and Rocky Mountains to northeastern Oregon, east-central California (to Tulare County), central Idaho, and northwestern Montana, also in the Commander Islands (AOU 1983). WINTERS: Aleutians, southern mainland Alaska (rarely), British Columbia, southern Alberta, and southwestern Saskatchewan south to eastern California, central Nevada, central Utah, northern New Mexico, and northwestern Nebraska (AOU 1983).

Global Range Code

Global Range Description

>2,500,000 square km (greater than 1,000,000 square miles)

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