Streaked Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)

Other Names (World)
Streaked Rosefinch, Streaked Great Rosefinch, Eastern Rosefinch, Crimson-eared Rosefinch

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
19.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Przewalski, 1876

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland and shrubland. From 3,700 - 4,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Bhutan, China (mainland), India, Nepal.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Streaked Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides) [XC491172]
by Peter Boesman from Monastery south of Lhasa, China (call)

Streaked Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides) [XC191696]
by Mike Nelson from Lhasa, Xizang (Tibet), China (call, song)

Subspecies
Geographical variation weak and largely clinal, plumage becoming darker from west to east.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

lucifer Meinertzhagen, R & Meinertzhagen, A, 1926 - Southern Tibetan Plateau (south-western and southern Xizang) and Himalayas from eastern Kashmir, Ladakh and north-western India (northern Himachal Pradesh) east to northern Nepal and northern Bhutan.
rubicilloides Przewalski, 1876 - Eastern Tibetan Plateau east to central and southern China (Qinghai and eastern and north-eastern Xizang east to Gansu and western Sichuan). Winters south to southern Sichuan and northern Yunnan.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Streaked Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides) - 10 files

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