Red-fronted Rosefinch

Carpodacus puniceus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernPlantsGrasslandCup nestSmall · 47 g

When to see the Red-fronted Rosefinch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-fronted Rosefinch

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Pakistan, Tajikistan.

About the Red-fronted Rosefinch

The red-fronted rosefinch is a species of rosefinch in the finch family Fringillidae. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Pyrrhospiza. found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. Its natural habitat is montane tundra.

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