Mountain finch

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Automatic Taxobox The mountain finches are birds in the genus Leucosticte from the true finch family, Fringillidae. This genus also includes the rosy finches, named from their pinkish plumage.

The genus is a sister to the monotypic Procarduelis containing the Asian dark-breasted rosefinch.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> These birds are native to Asia and North America and are typically found in barren mountainous regions. Many species eat more insect material than other finches.

There are six species in the genus:<ref name=ioc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
File:Plain Mountain Finch (Leucosticte nemoricola) (48332465132).jpg	Leucosticte nemoricola	Plain mountain finch	Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Tibet, and Turkmenistan.
File:Brandt's Mountain finch or Black-headed Mountain-finch (Leucosticte brandti)-1904.jpg	Leucosticte brandti	Brandt's mountain finch	Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan
File:Leucosticte arctoa.jpg	Leucosticte arctoa	Asian rosy finch	Mongolia and North Asia; it winters in Manchuria, Korea, Sakhalin and Japan
File:Leucosticte tephrocotis, British Columbia 1.jpg	Leucosticte tephrocotis	Grey-crowned rosy finch	Alaska, western Canada, and the north-western United States.
File:Black Rosy-Finch 2.jpg	Leucosticte atrata	Black rosy finch	Interior west
File:Brown-capped rosy finch.jpg	Leucosticte australis	Brown-capped rosy finch	central Rocky Mountains of the United States