Bangladesh, Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam.
Unknown to Afghanistan.
Breeds in mountains from extreme western China (western Xinjiang) south to north-eastern Afghanistan and eastern in Himalayas to north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh), and in southern and eastern China (central Gansu eastern probably to Nei Mongol and western Hebei, south to southern and eastern Xizang, Yunnan, western Guizhou and western Hubei); probably also in extreme northern and north-eastern Myanmar. Winters south to northern India (south to Rajasthan and Assam), Bangladesh and northern Thailand.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Rosy Pipit (Anthus roseatus) [XC491116]
by Geoff Carey from Mountains SW of Koko Nor, Qinghai, China (call)
Rosy Pipit (Anthus roseatus) [XC183345]
by Mike Nelson from southeast of Balangshan Pass, c3800m, Sichuan, China (flight call, song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Originally named as Anthus pelopus, but that name invalid. Relationships uncertain. Possibly forms a clade with Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis), Red-throated Pipit (Anthus cervinus), Water Pipit (Anthus spinoletta), Rock Pipit (Anthus petrosus) and Buff-bellied Pipit (Anthus rubescens).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet