- Carpodacus stoliczkae
Identification
14·5–16 cm; a very pale Rosefinch
Distribution
Asia: found locally in Afghanistan and China.
Taxonomy
Formerly considered conspecific with Sinai Rosefinch
Subspecies
Three subspecies recognized:
- C. s. salimalii in central Afghanistan
- C. s. stoliczkae in western China ( (south-western Xinjiang)
- C. s. beicki in central China (Sining Ho region of north-eastern Qinghai to north-western Gansu)
Habitat
Hot deserts.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of seed, buds and shoots.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2014. IOC World Bird Names (version 4.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved February 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pale Rosefinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pale_Rosefinch
