King finch, or red-capped finch, or royal finch Serinus pusillus  

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The king finch, or red-capped finch, or royal finch [1] (Latin Serinus pusillus), is a small (11-12 cm in length) bird of the finch family that lives in high-altitude areas.
The breeding range includes the Caucasus and the highlands of Turkey, Iran and Pakistan. Sometimes in winter this bird flies to the eastern islands of the Aegean Sea, and also occurs in Ladakh (India). Outside of the breeding season, small flocks of king finches roam in search of thistle thickets. The species is often kept in captivity, so individual "fugitives" are found throughout Europe.
The coloration of birds varies. Adults are like very dark tap dancers. The chest is dark, there is a red spot on the forehead. The young have a brownish-brown head.
The voice is similar to the voice of a linnet - a quick and piercing "ti-ti-hee-hee-hee-hee-hee".
The king finch can breed in captivity. The main food for him will be a mixture of canary seeds, millet and others. Birds like to swim if there is a bath with water in the cage.
Phylogeny
This species phylogenetically represents a single group with the Syrian canary finch, common in Asia Minor and North Africa, the African gray-necked canary finch and the South African species Serinus alario[2]
Notes
Boehme R. L., Flint V. E. A five-language dictionary of animal names. Birds. Latin, Russian, English, German, French / Under the general ed . Academician V. E. Sokolova. - M.: Rus. yaz., "RUSSO", 1994. - p. 438- - 2030 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00643-0.
A. Arnaiz-Villena et al. Rapid Radiation of Canaries (Genus Serinus) // Mol. Biol. Evol.. - 1999
Scientific classification
intermediate ranks
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Domain: Eukaryotes
Kingdom: Animals
Type: Chordal
Class: Birds
Squad: Sparrow - like
Family: Finches
Genus: Canary Finches
Type: King Finch
International scientific name
Serinus pusillus (Pallas, 1811)