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title: "Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch"
description: "Leucosticte tephrocotis — Birds. The gray-crowned rosy finch or gray-crowned rosy-finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis) is a species of passerine bird in the family Fringillidae native to Alaska, western Canada, and the north-western United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/gray-crowned-rosy-finch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

> Leucosticte tephrocotis — Birds. The gray-crowned rosy finch or gray-crowned rosy-finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis) is a species of passerine bird in the family Fringillidae native to Alaska, western Canada, and the north-western United States.

- Scientific name: *Leucosticte tephrocotis*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 3132
- Wikidata: [Q1304007](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1304007)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9617](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9617)

## Names

- en: Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
- de: Graukopfschneegimpel
- es: Pinzón Montano Nuquigrís
- fr: Roselin à tête grise
- nl: Grijskruinbergvink
- pt: Pinzão-montês-de-coroa-cinzenta
- pl: Góralka siwogłowa

## Countries with the most observations

US (2337), CA (609), RU (3)

## Summary

The gray-crowned rosy finch or gray-crowned rosy-finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis) is a species of passerine bird in the family Fringillidae native to Alaska, western Canada, and the north-western United States.  Due to its remote and rocky alpine habitat it is rarely seen. There are currently six recognized subspecies. It is one of four species of rosy finches.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray-crowned_rosy_finch

## Photo

![Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-crowned-rosy-finch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/176051978

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gray-crowned-rosy-finch?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).