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The Pale Rockfinch (Carpospiza brachydactyla) is a species of bird in the class Aves. It was described by Bonaparte in 1850. The taxon belongs to the Commons category Carpospiza brachydactyla. Other common names for this organism include Fahlsperling, Gorrión Pálido, and pardal pàl·lid. Its short name is C. brachydactyla.
The species has a range in Africa. The IUCN Red List classifies its conservation status as Least Concern, with the most recent assessment recorded in 2018. Descriptions note it as an accidental visitor. Data from iNaturalist includes 102 observations of this taxon.
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Least ConcernPale Rockfinch
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Accidental visitor.
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- Carpospiza brachydactyla
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- Carpospiza brachydactyla
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- gorski vrabac
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- Least Concern
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- 13
- short name
- C. brachydactyla
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- Africa
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- (Bonaparte, 1850)
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Encyclopedic overview
The pale rockfinch or pale rock sparrow (Carpospiza brachydactyla) is a small sparrow found in the Middle East and Central Asia. It is the only member of the genus Carpospiza. Some authorities include it in the genus Petronia. Others have placed it in the finch family due to some similarities in behaviour and form, but the anatomy of its tongue exhibits characteristic sparrow features.
The range of pale rockfinch extends from eastern Turkey to Afghanistan, and south into the Arabian Peninsula and northern Africa as far as Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate grassland.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pale Rockfinch” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.