Tibetan Rosefinch

Carpodacus roborowskii (Przevalski, 1887)

≈17 cmLength33 gWeight

It is mostly silent and mainly forages rapidly by hopping on the ground in rocky grassland on the plateau.

Busiest months: July · Most records: China

Least Concern

How to identify

Voice

It is mostly silent, with short whistles and louder trills, especially noticeable in flight, and occasionally hisses.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: July · Most records: China

Tibetan Rosefinch has been recorded at 9 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

E'La Mountain PassChina120 records
Wild Yak GorgeChina17 records
Bayankala PassChina10 records

More places

MachaliChina2 records
Scrubland S of GongheChina2 records
AngsaiChina2 records
Jiangmengtso Lake & WetlandsChina1 record
Baizha Forest – high elevationChina1 record
Rubber Mountain PassChina1 record

Countries and regions with the most records

China

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 Tibetan rosefinch (Carpodacus roborowskii), also known as Roborovski's rosefinch, is a species of rosefinch in the finch family Fringillidae. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Kozlowia.

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Questions

How big is the Tibetan Rosefinch?

The Tibetan Rosefinch is about ≈17 cm long and weighs around 33 g.

Where does the Tibetan Rosefinch live?

Its breeding range: Palearctic: east-central Palearctic in very high barren rocky steppe and near glaciers: Qinghai and northeastern (perhaps to southeastern) Tibet. It is most often recorded in China.