Pale Rosefinch (Carpodacus stoliczkae)

Other Names (World)
Pale Rosefinch, Sinai Rosefinch (synoicus)

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
14.50 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hume, 1874)

Range (Guide)

Western China (south-western Xinjiang east to north-western Qinghai).

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Pale Rosefinch (Carpodacus stoliczkae) [XC380454]
by Peter Boesman from Xining, Qinghai, China (call)

Pale Rosefinch (Carpodacus stoliczkae) [XC491176]
by Jarmo Pirhonen from Dry mountains around Xining, Qinghai, China (call)

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sinai Rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

salimalii (Meinertzhagen, R, 1938) - North-central and central Afghanistan (Hindu Kush). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sinai Rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus).
stoliczkae (Hume, 1874) - Western China (south-western Xinjiang east to north-western Qinghai). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sinai Rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus).
beicki (Stresemann, 1930) - Central China (eastern Qinghai and south-western Gansu). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Sinai Rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus).

References
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