Pale Rock-finch

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Pale Rock-finch
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Passeridae
Genus: Petronia
Species: P. brachydactyla
Binomial name
Petronia brachydactyla
(Bonaparte, 1851)

The Pale Rock-finch (Petronia brachydactyla) is a species of bird in the Passeridae family.

It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and temperate grassland.

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