Pink-browed rosefinch

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Pink-browed rosefinch
Pink-browed Rosefinch Nanda Devi National Park Uttarakhand India 17.11.2013.jpg
Male from Nanda Devi National Park,
Uttarakhand, India
Pink-browed Rosefinch Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary East Sikkim Sikkim India 19.10.2015.jpg
Female from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary,
Sikkim, India
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Carpodacus
Species:
C. rodochroa
Binomial name
Carpodacus rodochroa
(Vigors, 1831)
Synonyms
  • Carpodacus rodochrousVigors, 1831

The pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa) is a finch in the family Fringillidae. The species was first described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1831. It ranges across the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the Himalayas, and is migratory. It is found in Bhutan, Tibet, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitats are boreal forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests.

The male is bright raspberry pink with a clean “browed” facial pattern and faint streaking on the back, the female, brown with streaked buffy underparts, broad white eyebrows, and lightly streaked pale cheeks and throat. [2]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Carpodacus rodochroa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22720574A132002237. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720574A132002237.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. "Pink-browed Rosefinch - eBird". ebird.org. Retrieved 2023-12-04.