Spot-winged Rosefinch

Carpodacus rodopeplus (Vigors, 1831)

Spot-winged Rosefinch, Carpodacus rodopeplus, is a finch of the western to east-central Himalayas, breeding in alpine meadows, high montane scrub and forest edges from western Uttarakhand, southern Tibet and Sikkim. Outside the breeding season it moves to lower elevations. It belongs to the family Fringillidae and was described by Vigors in 1831. Its range lies across the Palearctic and Oriental regions. The species is also known as the spotted rosefinch.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias

Breeding range

Palearctic, Oriental Region: sc Palearctic-n Oriental region in w to ec Himalayas, in alpine meadows, high montane scrub and forest edge: from w Uttarakhand (nw India), s Tibet and Sikkim (nc India)

Nonbreeding range

to lower elevations