Prakruti Parichay
FringillidaeCarpodacus

Dark-breasted Roseflnch

Carpodacus nipalensis

15–16 cmSmall
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Resident. Himalayas. Slim, with slender bill. Male has maroon-brown breast - band, dark eye-stripe, and maroon - brown upperparts. Forehead, supercilium, throat and belly are bright pink. Female lacks supercilium. and has unstreaked underparts. diffusely streaked mantle. buffish wing-bars and tips to tertials, and olive-brown rump and uppertail-coverts. First - summer male is similar to female, but has maroon - brown upperparts. Breeds in high-altitude shrubberies; winters in forest clearings.

Colour

BrownMaroonPinkBuff / Tan
Average size
15.5 cm
Habitat
Breeds in high-altitude shrubberies, winters in forest clearings.
Behaviour
Resident.

About this bird

Resident. Himalayas. Slim, with slender bill. Male has maroon-brown breast - band, dark eye-stripe, and maroon - brown upperparts. Forehead, supercilium, throat and belly are bright pink. Female lacks supercilium. and has unstreaked underparts. diffusely streaked mantle. buffish wing-bars and tips to tertials, and olive-brown rump and uppertail-coverts. First - summer male is similar to female, but has maroon - brown upperparts. Breeds in high-altitude shrubberies; winters in forest clearings.

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Dark-breasted Roseflnch is bigger than Altai Accentor but smaller than Black-naped Monarch.

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Dark-breasted Roseflnch

Carpodacus nipalensis

15–16 cm