Crimson-browed Finch - BirdForum Opus

Photo by James Eaton
Eaglenest WS, Arunachal Pradesh,India, April 2008

Carpodacus subhimachalus

Identification

19–20 cm (7½-7¾ in)
Male

• Bright red forehead and supercilium
• Greyish lores
• Long tail

Distribution

Female
Photo by prabhatjee
Neora Valley, West Bengal, India, January 2018

Asia: found from the mountains of Nepal to south-eastern Tibet, south-western China and north-eastern Myanmar.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Formerly placed in genus Pinicola.

Habitat

Temperate montane juniper and rhododendron shrubland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of a variety of seeds, flowers and berries.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Mar 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Crimson-browed Finch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Crimson-browed_Finch

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