Sinai Rosefinch
Carpodacus synoicus (Temminck, 1825)
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
Sinai Rosefinch, Carpodacus synoicus, is a finch of the Fringillidae family that breeds in barren rocky mountain country in the southern and eastern Sinai Peninsula, south-eastern Israel, south-western Jordan and far north-west Saudi Arabia, along the north-eastern Red Sea coast. Outside the breeding season it moves to lower ground on short southward movements. It is associated with hot desert habitats. It is also the national bird of Jordan, chosen for its likeness to the red sandstone of Petra.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: sc Palearctic in barren rocky montane n, ne Red Sea coasts: s, e Sinai Pen. (ne Egypt), se Israel, sw Jordan and far nw Saudi Arabia
- Nonbreeding range
- to lower elevations, short-distance southward
