[2] Others have placed it in the finch family due to some similarities in behaviour and form, but the anatomy of its tongue exhibits characteristic sparrow features.

[2][3] The range of pale rockfinch extends from eastern Turkey to Afghanistan, and south into the Arabian Peninsula and northern Africa as far as Ethiopia.

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

[2] The breeding pattern of the pale rock sparrow is associated with specific aspects of habitat.

Since available habitat plays a role on the density of pale rockfinches, rapidly growing villages and cultivation are a threat to the population.