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R.F.C.G. Watchlist

This list of potentially threatened finch species has been sourced primarily from the outstanding publication Finches and Sparrows by Clement,Harris and Davis . The species were listed either as scarce and/or lacking valuable data from the wild. Information on Buntings and Cardinals was sourced via various print publications and the Internet. This list is constantly evolving so RFCG would welcome all comments and updates.

- AFRICA - ASIA - AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALASIA - CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
- EUROPE - NORTH AMERICA

AFRICA
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Ankober serin Serinus ankoberensis	Northeast Africa	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	199
	Black-faced canary Serinus capistratus	Southern-central Africa	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	182
	Black-faced waxbill Estrilda nigriloris	South-central Zaire	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	375
	Black-Tailed Waxbill Estrida perreini	Gabon and lower Congo to western and southern Tanzania south to eastern South Africa	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	367
	Cinderella Waxbill Estrilda thomensis	Western Angola to Northern Nambia	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	367
	Dybowski's Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii	Sierra Leone to Southern Sudan	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	350
	Grant's Bluebill Spermophaga poliogenys	Central Africa	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	334
	Locust Finch Ortygospiza locustella	Northeast Congo and northern Zaire to Angola and Mozambique	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	384
	Papyrus Canary Serinus koliensis	East Africa	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	183
	Rosy Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus	Southern Mozambique to eastern South Africa	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	348
	Salvadori's Seedeater Serinus xantholaema	Northeast Africa	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	201
ASIA
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Adam's Snow Finch Montifringilla adamsi	Eastern Palearctic	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	476
	Blanfords Rosefinch Carpodacus rubescens	Southern Palearctic	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	266
	Dark Rosefinch Carpodacus nipalensis	Southern Palearctic	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	267
	Dark-Rumped Rosefinch Carpodus edwardsii	Southeast Palearctic	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	279
	Long-Tailed Rosefinch Uragus sibiricus	Eastern Palearctic	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	263
	Spot-Winged Rosefinch Carpodacus rhodopeplus	Southeast Palearctic	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	284
	Stresemann's Rosefinch Carpodacus eos	Southeast Palearctic	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	276
	Vinaceous Rosefinch Carpodacus vinaceus	Southeast Palearctic	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	278
AUSTRALIA AND AUSTRALASIA
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Black-throated finch Poephila cinta	Australia	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	396
	Grand Valley Mannikin Lonchura teerinki	New Guinea	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	434
	Green-Faced Parrotfinch Erythrura viridifacies	The Philippines	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	399
	Green-Tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura hyperythra	Malay archipelago	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	397
	Grey-Banded Mannikin Lonchura vana	New Guinea	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	427
	Mount Katanglad Parrotfinch Erythrura coloria	The Philippines	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	400
	Mountain Serin Serinus estherae	Mountains in Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	208
	Papuan Parrotfinch Erythurura papuana	New Guinea	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	402
	Phillipine Bullfinch Pyrrhula leucogenis lecogenis	Philippines	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	306
	Red-eared firetail Emblema oculata	South West Australia	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	388
	Snow Mountain Mannikin Lonchura montana	New Guinea	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	436
	Star finch Neochmia ruficauda	North and East Australia	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	391
	Yellow Rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna	Northwest and Northern Australia	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	432
CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Black Bellied Seedeater Sporophila melanogaster		To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist
	Black-Capped Siskin Cardelis atriceps	Middle America	To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	223
	Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor		To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist
	Coal Crested Finch Charitospiza eucosma		To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist
	Rose Bellied Bunting Passerina rositae		To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist
	Rufous Eared Brush Finch Altapetes rufigenis		To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist
	Thick-Billed Siskin Carduelis crassirostris		To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist	226
	Vermillion Cardinal Pyrrhuloxia phoeniceus		To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist
EUROPE
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Cinerous Bunting Embriza cineracea		To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist
	Yellow Breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola		To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist
NORTH AMERICA
	NAME	REGION	POP EST	CLASS	PAGE REF
	Brewers Sparrow Spizella breweri		To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist
	Painted Bunting Passerina ciris		To be monitored	RFCG Watchlist

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