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Urocynchramus pylzowi
Range
Mountains of central-west China (endemic)
Przevalski's finch, also called Przewalski's pinktail (Urocynchramus pylzowi), is an unusual passerine endemic to the mountains of central-west China. It is named after Mikhail Pyltsov, the Russian explorer who accompanied Nikolai Przhevalsky on the expedition in which specimens were collected. Its relationships were unclear for a long time, and in 2000 it was proposed that it should be regarded as neither a finch nor a bunting but as the only member of its own family, Urocynchramidae. (Wikipedia, general species account)