Biology:Pink-browed rosefinch
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| Male from Nanda Devi National Park, Uttarakhand, India | |
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| Female from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary, Sikkim, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Carpodacus |
| Species: | C. rodochroa
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| Binomial name | |
| Carpodacus rodochroa (Vigors, 1831)
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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]
Gallery
Female in Kullu - Manali district of Himachal Pradesh, India
Male in Kullu
Male in Kullu
Females at 3,000 m (10,000 ft) in Kullu
Male in Kullu
Male at 2,900 m (9,500 ft) in Kullu
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References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Carpodacus rodochroa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22720574A132002237. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720574A132002237.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22720574/132002237. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ↑ "Pink-browed Rosefinch - eBird" (in en). https://ebird.org/species/pibros2.
Wikidata ☰ Q283027 entry
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