- Carpodacus thura
Identification
17–18 cm (6¾-7 in)
- Deep pink forehead and supercilium
Distribution
Asia: found in Afghanistan, China, Nepal
South Asia: Pakistan, India and Bhutan
Taxonomy
Formerly considered conspecific with Chinese White-browed Rosefinch.
Subspecies
Two subspecies accepted[1]:
- C. t. blythi in northeast Afghanistan, Pakistan and to the Himalayas to Kumaon
- C. t. thura in the central Himalayas (Nepal to Bhutan)
Habitat
Forest edge undergrowth and clearings and boulder covered slopes.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of a wide variety of seeds, buds and shoots of alpine plants. They also eat some berries.
Breeding
There is not a lot known about their behaviour during the breeding season. They construct a large shallow cup nest from grass.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2019)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Himalayan_White-browed_Rosefinch
