Dark-breasted Rosefinch - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by kaydeegee2010
Tungnath, Uttarakhand, India, June 2011

Carpodacus nipalensis

Identification

16cm.

Distribution

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas and Bhutan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Vietnam and Thailand.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

This is a polytypic species, consisting of three subspecies^[1]:

• C. n. kangrae:

• Western Himalayas (Kashmir to Garhwal)

• C. n. nipalensis:

• Himalayas (Kumaon to Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan and south-eastern Tibet)

• C. n. intensicolor:

• Mountains of south-western China to southern Tibet and northern Vietnam; winters to southern Myanmar

This last subspecies intensicolor is not recognosed by all authorities, and is generally considered to be invalid^[2]

Sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Procarduelis.

Habitat

Boreal forest and high-altitude shrubland and mountain cliffs. Observed at heights around 12000ft.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Dark-breasted Rosefinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Dark-breasted_Rosefinch

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