Socotra golden-winged grosbeak
| Socotra golden-winged grosbeak | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Aves | 
| Order: | Passeriformes | 
| Family: | Fringillidae | 
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae | 
| Genus: | Rhynchostruthus | 
| Species: | R. socotranus  | 
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchostruthus socotranus Sclater, PL & Hartlaub, 1881  | |
| Synonyms | |
| 
 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.