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Taiwan Rosefinch

Carpodacus formosanus

Near Threatened · IUCN Red List

NTNear ThreatenedEndemicSeedsForestCup nestSmall · 22 g
Taiwan Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus), photo 1
Photo: Licheng Shih · CC BY 4.0
Taiwan Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus), photo 2
Photo: Licheng Shih · CC BY 4.0
Taiwan Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus), photo 3
Photo: Jaw-Jian La · CC BY 4.0
Taiwan Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus), photo 4
Photo: Nathan Ruser · CC BY 4.0
Taiwan Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus), photo 5
Photo: Nathan Ruser · CC BY 4.0
Taiwan Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus), photo 6
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Taiwan Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus), photo 7
Photo: Ben Costamagna · CC BY 4.0
Taiwan Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus), photo 8
Photo: Cataloging Nature · CC BY 2.0
Taiwan Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus), photo 9
Photo: Cataloging Nature · CC BY 2.0
Taiwan Rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus), photo 10
Photo: Nature0814 · Public domain

When to see the Taiwan Rosefinch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Taiwan Rosefinch

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Taiwan

About the Taiwan Rosefinch

The Taiwan rosefinch is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the vinaceous rosefinch. It is endemic to Taiwan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Pink-browed Rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa) Pink-browed RosefinchCarpodacus rodochroaThe pink-browed Rosefinch is a medium-sized bird, about 14-15 centimeters and 16-20 grams. Long-tailed Rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus) Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricusThe Siberian long-tailed rosefinch is a species of finch of the family Fringillidae. Scarlet Finch (Carpodacus sipahi) Scarlet FinchCarpodacus sipahiThe scarlet finch is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

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