| Socotra golden-winged grosbeak | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Rhynchostruthus |
| Species: | R. socotranus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchostruthus socotranus Sclater, PL & Hartlaub, 1881
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| Synonyms | |
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Rhynchostruthus socotranus socotranus | |
The Socotra golden-winged grosbeak or Socotra grosbeak (Rhynchostruthus socotranus) is a finch endemic to Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Yemen. R. socotranus is by some authorities held to be the only species of the then-monotypic genus Rhynchostruthus, including all other golden-winged grosbeaks therein as subspecies. But in recent times the three populations are usually considered a distinct species, with R. socotranus being limited to the Socotra population, the Arabian golden-winged grosbeak becoming R. percivali, and the Somali golden-winged grosbeak R. louisae.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Rhynchostruthus socotranus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22735261A95107004. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735261A95107004.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Kirwan & Grieve (2007)