Rhodopechys is a genus of finches containing the following two species: The desert finch, ''Carduelis obsoleta'' (formerly ''Rhodopechys obsoleta''), has turned out to belong to the (sub)genus ''Chloris'' in the genus '' Carduelis'' as indicated by DNA sequences, song and eyestripe pattern; it is closely related to the greenfinches (Zamora ''et al.'', 2006). See the species account for details.

References

*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.(https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/downloadOA.php?order=1&access=true&osCsid=578391717583ba2180ffa42bf304e1f6) (HTML abstract). Erratum, ''Journal of Ornithology'' 147(3): 511–512

External links

Rhodopechys videos, photos and sounds
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