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The pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa) is a finch in the family Fringillidae.

Graceful medium-sized rosefinch of the Himalayas. Male is bright raspberry pink with a clean “browed” facial pattern and faint streaking on the back. Female is brown with streaked buffy underparts, broad white eyebrows, and lightly streaked pale cheeks and throat. Favors subalpine forest edge and grassy hillsides with scrubby cover in the breeding season; descends in the winter, using similar habitat in the foothills. 

Pink-browed Rosefinch - eBird


Meet the pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa), a graceful finch in the family Fringillidae.



Pink-browed Rosefinch - BirdsAdobe | Pretty birds, Beautiful birds, Male  bird


The male bird of the species has a bright, raspberry pink plumage, with clean ‘brows’ faint streaks on its back.


Pink-browed Rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa) Photo Gallery by Ingo  Waschkies at pbase.com

The female is more of a brown colour, with white eyebrows and light streaks on its cheeks and throat.



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The bird can be found in the Himalayahs.


Pink-browed Rosefinch - eBird

The bird has a diet of seeds, berries, grasses, and small herbs.


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The female finch builds a nest about two metres above the ground during the breeding seasons, made from bark, moss and animal hair.




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