Blyth's Rosefinch
Carpodacus grandis Blyth, 1849
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
Blyth's Rosefinch, Carpodacus grandis, is a passerine in the family Fringillidae, the finches and euphonias. It breeds in the south-central Palearctic in the Pamirs and Karakoram mountains, in montane forest and alpine meadows, including northern Afghanistan and Tajikistan, northern Pakistan, Ladakh and north-eastern Himachal Pradesh in far north-west India. In the non-breeding season it occurs at lower elevations in gardens and orchards.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: sc Palearctic in Pamirs and Karakoram mts., in montane forest and alpine meadows: n Afghanistan and Tajikistan, n Pakistan, Ladakh and ne Himachal Pradesh (far nw India)
- Nonbreeding range
- to lower elevation gardens, orchards
