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'Rhodopechys' is a genus of finches containing four species:

★ Crimson-winged Finch, ''Rhodopechys sanguinea''

★ Trumpeter Finch, ''Rhodopechys githaginea''

★ Mongolian Finch, ''Rhodopechys mongolica''
The Desert Finch, ''Carduelis obsoletus'' (formerly ''Rhodopechys obsoleta''), has turned out to belong to the genus ''Carduelis'' as indicated by DNA sequences, song and eyestripe pattern; it shares a common ancestor with the greenfinches (Zamora ''et al.'', 2006). See the species account for details.

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★ 'Cabanis', Jean (1851): [Genus ''Rhodopechys''] ''In: Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, etc.'' '1'(20): 157 (note) [in German] PDF fulltext available at Gallica: search for "Cabanis"

★ 'Groth', J. G. 1994. A mitochondrial cytochrome b phylogeny of cardueline finches. Journal für Ornithologie, 135: 31.

★ '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. (HTML abstract). Erratum, ''Journal of Ornithology'' '147'(3): 511–512

External links

★ Rhodopechys videos on the Internet Bird Collection