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Spot-winged rosefinch

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Species of bird

Spot-winged rosefinch
In Langtang National Park, Nepal
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Carpodacus
Species: C. rodopeplus
Binomial name
Carpodacus rodopeplus
(Vigors, 1831)
Synonyms

Carpodacus rhodopeplus

The spot-winged rosefinch (Carpodacus rodopeplus), also known as the spotted rosefinch, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in India and Nepal. Sharpe's rosefinch was formerly considered conspecific with it. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

A spot-winged rosefinch in the Langtang Valley of Nepal

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Carpodacus rodopeplus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103834342A94674851. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103834342A94674851.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Carpodacus rodopeplus". Avibase.
  • Rasmussen, P.C. 2005. Revised species limits and field identification of Asian rosefinches. BirdingAsia number 3: 18–27.
  • Rasmussen, P.C., and J.C. Anderton. 2005. Birds of South Asia. The Ripley guide. Volume 2: attributes and status. Smithsonian Institution and Lynx Edicions, Washington D.C. and Barcelona
Taxon identifiers
Carpodacus rodopeplus


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