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Male. Photo by Tony.Saw
near Lhasa, Nepal.

Carpodacus pulcherrimus

Identification

15cm.

Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Western Himalayas, Bhutan

Taxonomy

Female. Photo by zhangyong
in Hebei, China, July 2006

Subspecies^[1]

Polytypic. Consists of four subspecies:

• C. p. pulcherrimus:

• Himalayas (Himachal Pradesh to Nepal, Bhutan and south-eastern Tibet)

• C. p. waltoni:

• South-easter Tibet to south-western China (south-western Xinjiang)

• C. p. argyrophrys:

• Western China (Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu and western Sichuan)

• C. p. davidianus:

• Central Mongolia (south to south-western Inner Mongolia)

Sometimes split into two species, Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch (pulcherrimus) and Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch (waltoni, argyrophrys and davidianus).

Habitat

Temperate shrubland and high-altitude shrubland.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Beautiful Rosefinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Beautiful_Rosefinch

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