[BROWN-CAPPED ROSY-FINCH]

Leucosticte australis

Status: No accepted records.

Taxonomy: No subspecies are recognized (AviList 2025).

Comments: A bird found on the Tristate CBC 15 Dec 1984 near Nebraska City was tentatively identified as a female of this species (Cortelyou 1985). It could not be relocated, and it was concluded that it may have been an aberrantly plumaged female House Sparrow. There are no records of this species east of the Rocky Mountains (eBird.org, accessed Nov 2023).

Abbreviations

CBC: Christmas Bird Count

Literature Cited

AviList Core Team, 2025. AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025. https://doi.org/10.2173/avilist.v2025.

Cortelyou, R.G. 1985. 1984 Christmas Count. NBR 53: 18-23.

Recommended Citation

Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2025. Brown-capped Rosy-Finch (Leucosticte australis). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org

Birds of Nebraska – Online

Updated 21 Jul 2025