Pink-browed Rosefinch

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male: raspberry-red with an eyestripe and supercilium
2. Breast and upper belly pale purple
3. Lower belly to undertail white or pale pink
4. Bill pointed, tail tip notched

Male, female and young

The female is brown with streaks, almost no pink, and a broad white supercilium; the juvenile more closely resembles the female.

Voice

The song is a series of loud, rising “toowhi toowhi” whistles; calls include “per-lee” and “chew-wee”.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: February and December · Most records: India, Nepal, China

Pink-browed Rosefinch has been recorded at 17 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 4 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. PangotIndia159 records
2. SattalIndia73 records
3. Munsyari – Bheema WodeyarIndia48 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaNepalChinaPakistan

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa) is a finch in the family Fringillidae. Nicholas Aylward Vigors first described the species in 1831. It is migratory and ranges across the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, mainly in the Himalayas.

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