Scarlet Finch
Carpodacus sipahi (Hodgson, 1836)
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
Scarlet Finch Carpodacus sipahi is a finch of the Himalayan montane forests, breeding from Uttarakhand east through Tibet, north-east India, western and northern Myanmar, and north-west Yunnan. Outside the breeding season it moves to lower ground and extends south to northern Thailand and northern Vietnam. It was described by Hodgson in 1836. Formerly treated in the separate genus Haematospiza, it is now placed in Carpodacus after molecular studies.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: sc Palearctic-n Oriental region in Himalayan montane forest: Uttarakhand through se Tibet, ne India, w, n Myanmar and nw Yunnan (sc China)
- Nonbreeding range
- to lower elevations and s to n Thailand to n Vietnam
