Great Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
About the Great Rosefinch
The great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, India, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan and east to China. Its natural habitats are tundra and temperate grassland. While past taxonomies treated C. r. severtzovi and two other subspecies as a separate species, the spotted great rosefinch (and called the nominate subspecies the "Caucasian great rosefinch"), they are now usually considered subspecies of the great rosefinch. Four subspecies are recognised: C. r. rubicilla (Caucasian great rosefinch) - (Güldenstädt, 1775) - central and eastern Caucasus Mountains C. r. diabolicus - (Koelz, 1939) - northeastern Afghanistan and Tajikistan
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Listed as recorded in China, Georgia, India, Russia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusrecording
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