Black-headed Mountain Finch

Leucosticte brandti

Least Concern

The Black-headed Mountain Finch is a finch of the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asian highlands. It uses woodland, scrub, grassland, orchards, or montane forest depending on the species, feeding on seeds, buds, fruit, nectar, or small insects. Many have strong bills for cracking seeds or delicate bills for fruit and nectar.

Family

Fringillidae

Group

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Range

Black-headed Mountain Finch Range — Resident or seasonal range in the Tibetan Plateau and Central Asian highlands

Population

≈ 2M–20M

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