Red-fronted Rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus)

Other Names (World)
Red-fronted Rosefinch, Red-breasted Rosefinch, Rose-breasted Rosefinch, Red-faced Rosefinch

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
19 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Blyth, 1845)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland. From 3,900 - 5,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Kazakhstan (B), Kyrgyzstan (B) (NB), Nepal, Pakistan, Russia (Asian), Tajikistan (B), Turkmenistan.

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 (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

Red-fronted Rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus) [XC719822]
by id from Yulong Snow Mountain, Lijiang, Yunnan, China (call)

Red-fronted Rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus) [XC491155]
by Joye0617shsid from Kanda Shan pass, Nangqian, Qinghai, China (call, song, call and song)

Subspecies
Subspecies intergrade widely in overlap areas. Proposed subspecies szetchuanus (described from northern Sichuan), on average only slightly darker than longirostris, is synonymized with latter.

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

humii (Sharpe, 1888) - South-eastern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan (Tien Shan and Pamir-Alai Mts) south to Himalayas of northern Pakistan, Ladakh and northern India (Uttarakhand).
kilianensis Vaurie, 1956 - Extreme western China (mountains at western and southern fringe of Tarim Basin, in western Xinjiang) south to north-eastern Ladakh.
puniceus Blyth, 1845 - Central and eastern Himalayas from Nepal east to north-eastern India (Arunachal Pradesh) and south-western China (southern Xizang).
longirostris (Przewalski, 1876) - Central China (eastern Qinghai east to southern Gansu and northern and western Sichuan).
sikangensis Vaurie, 1956 - Central-southern China (south-western Sichuan and north-western Yunnan).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-fronted Rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus) - 10 files

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