Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)

Other Names (World)
Long-tailed Rosefinch, Siberian Rosefinch

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
12.70 - 15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pallas, 1773)

Habitat
Temperate grassland, shrubland, forest.

Range (Guide)

China (mainland) (B), Japan (B), Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (NB), North Korea (B), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (NB), South Korea.

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).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (83)...)

Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus) [XC137470]
by Thijs Fijen from Oskemen, Ulbinskiy Valley, China (call)

Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus) [XC344905]
by James Lidster from Erdene, Tov, Russian Federation (song)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

sibiricus (Pallas, 1773) - Breeds south-western and south-central Siberia east to middle R Amur, south to north-eastern Kazakhstan, northern Mongolia and north-western and north-eastern China (north-western Xinjiang; north-western Inner Mongolia). Winters south-central and south-eastern Russia, eastern Kazakhstan (Tarbagatay, Dzhungarian Alatau, eastern Tien Shan) and north-western and north-central China.
ussuriensis (Buturlin, 1915) - Breeds Russian Far East (middle R Amur east to Ussuriland) and north-eastern China (Heilongjiang and Jilin). Winters in Korea and eastern China (Liaoning south to Hebei and Shanxi, also southern Gansu).
sanguinolentus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1848) - Breeds Sakhalin I, southern Kurils and northern Japan (Hokkaido, northern Honshu). Winters central and southern Japan.
lepidus (David & Oustalet, 1877) - Central China ( eastern Xizang east to southern Shaanxi and south-western Shanxi).
henrici (Oustalet, 1892) - Southern China (south-eastern Xizang, northern Sichuan and western and north-western Yunnan).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus) - 10 files

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