Vinaceous Rosefinch
Carpodacus vinaceus
Medium-sized finch of hilly and montane forests and dense brushy forest edge. Male is the color of red wine, with crisp lilac eyebrows. Female is dark buffy-brown with faint streaks on the back and breast. Forages on the ground near or in dense shrubs and bushes. Gives sharp bunting-like “zip” and “zink.”
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Carpodacus vinaceus
- Authority
- Verreaux, J, 1871
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Carpodacus
Range and habitat
- Breeding range
- PAL, OR : sc, se Palearctic in nw Himalayas and c Chinese mts., in : Nepal; disjunctly s Gansu to Hubei (nc China), in s to se Tibet, far n Myanmar and far nw Vietnam
- Non-breeding range
- to lower elevations, short-distance to w
- Migration
- Vertical migration
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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