Sillem's Rosefinch

When to see the Sillem's Rosefinch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 4 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Sillem's Rosefinch

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About the Sillem's Rosefinch

Sillem's rosefinch, also known as Sillem's mountain finch or tawny-headed mountain finch is a species of rosefinch in the finch family. It is found only in China and was only known from two specimens collected in 1929 from the Aksai Chin area of southern Xinjiang Autonomous Region. In 2012, the bird was photographed 1500 km from the original collection location. This species was originally placed in the genus Leucosticte but a phylogenetic study using mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2016 found that Sillem's rosefinch was a sister species to the Tibetan rosefinch. The International Ornithological Committee therefore moved Sillem's mountain finch to the genus Carpodacus.

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Easily confused with

Tibetan RosefinchCarpodacus roborowskiiVoice: The Tibetan rosefinch is mainly silent. Pale RosefinchCarpodacus stoliczkaeThe pale rosefinch is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. Sharpe's RosefinchCarpodacus verreauxii15 cm.