• Synonyms Brandt's rosy finch, Black-headed Mountain Finch, Brandt's Rosefinch, Brandt's Mountain-Finch, Black-headed Mountain-Finch, Pearl Finch, Brandt's Rosy-Finch

Brandt's Mountain Finchbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Juvenile, © Dmitry Kulakov
    Tajikistan
  • 2.
    Flight call, © Antero Lindholm
    Russian Federation
  • 3.
    Call, © Jarmo Pirhonen
    China
  • 4.
    Courting call, © Roland Zeidler
    China
  • 5.
    Call, © Meena Haribal
    India
  • 6.
    Call, © Roland Zeidler
    China
  • 7.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    China
  • 8.
    Call, © Mike Nelson
    China
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Brandt's Mountain Finch

  • Breeding region Oriental Region
  • Breeding subregion c, sc Palearctic from Tienshan to Altai and Himalayas in barren high-alpine zone: e Kazakhstan ne to Altay and Tuva regions (sc Russia), w, nw Xinjiang (nw China) and n, w Mongolia; in s through ne Afghanistan, e in Karakorum, s, c, e Tibet and Inner Himalayas to far n Myanmar, ne to n Qinghai and nw Gansu (nc China)
  • Non breeding region some move to lower elevations

Brandt's Mountain Finch subspecies (7)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Leucosticte brandti brandtiKyrgyzstan, se Kazakhstan and nw China-No
Leucosticte brandti haematopygiaHimalayas from n Pakistan to w, s Tibet and Bhutan-No
Leucosticte brandti intermediac China-No
Leucosticte brandti margaritaceane Kazakhstan, s Siberia and nw China-No
Leucosticte brandti pallidiorwc China-No
Leucosticte brandti pamirensisTajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, ne Afghanistan and w China-No
Leucosticte brandti walterie Tibet and sw China-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
BulgarianЧерноглава алпийска чинка
Catalanpinsà montà de Brandt
Chinese高山岭雀, [gao-shan ling-que]
Chinese (Traditional)黑頭嶺雀〔高山嶺雀〕, 高山嶺雀
Croatiansiva zeba
Czechpěnkavice horská, pěnkice horská, pěnkavice velehorská
DanishMørkhovedet Rosenfinke, Mørkhovedet Fjeldfinke
DutchBrandt-bergvink, Brandts Bergvink
EsperantoNigrakapa leŭkostikto
Estonianmustpea-mägivint
Finnishrakkavuoripeippo
FrenchRoselin de Brandt, Pyrrhulin de Brandt
FrisianSkiere berchfink
GalicianPimpín de Brandt
GermanMatten-Schneegimpel, Mattenschneegimpel, Brandtalpenfink
Hungariangyékény hópinty
IrishGlasán sléibhe dúcheannach
ItalianFringuello montano testanera, Fanello rosato di Brandt
Japaneseシンジュマシコ
KazakhІнжурењ құнақ, інжурең қунақ, інжурең құнақ, інжуқұнақ
Latvianmelngalvas žubīte
Lithuanianjuodagalvis kalninis kikilis
MongolianЦахир бужирга, Арцны зангалай
Nepaliध्वा“से टाउके तितुभ“गेरा
Northern SamiGožuvárrebeibboš
Norwegiansotfjellfink
Norwegian NynorskSotfjellfink
Polishgóralka ciemnoglowa, góralka ciemnogłowa
PortugueseTentilhão-de-brandt, Pinzão-montês-cinzento, pintarroxo-montês-cinzento
RussianВьюрок жемчужный, Жемчужный вьюрок, Горный вьюрок
SerbianCrnoglava planinska zeba
Slovakhorniačka tmavohlavá
SlovenianSajasti snežni ščinkavec
SpanishPinzón Rosado de Brandt, Pinzón montano de Brandt
Swedishgrå alpfink
Tatarэнҗе чыпчык
TurkishBrandt dağ çütresi, Інжурең құнақ, Brandt Alameceği
Ukrainianкатуньчик перлистий
Uzbekмарварид вьюрок, тоғ марварид вьюроги
WelshLlinos wridog Brandt