Common Rosefinch is an Indian Bird that bears a scientific name "Carpodacus erythrinus" and belongs to the finch family.
Concentration of Common Rosefinch
Common Rosefinch is the most widespread and common rose-finch of Asia and Europe.
Description of Common Rosefinch
In a molecular phylogenetic study of the finch family published in 2012, an ornithologist Zuccon and colleagues found that the common rose finch fell outside the core Carpodacus rosefinch clade and was a sister to the scarlet finch. They recommended that the common rosefinch should be moved to a new monotypic genus with the resurrected name of Erythrina. The British Ornithologists` Union accepted this proposal, but the International Ornithological Union chose instead to adopt a more inclusive Carpodacus that retained the common rosefinch in the rosefinch genus.
Size of Common Rosefinch
Common Rosefinch is 13-15 cm (5.1-5.9 in) in length.
Structure of Common Rosefinch
Common rosefinch has a stout and conical bill. The mature male has brilliant rosy-carmine head, breast and rump; heavy bill; dark brown wings with two indistinct bars, and a white belly. Females and young males are dull-coloured with yellowish-brown above, brighter on the rump and greyer on head buff below.
Concentration of Common Rosefinch
Common Rosefinch has spread westward through Europe in recent decades, even breeding in England once. Common Rosefinches breed from the Danube valley, Sweden, and Siberia to the Bering Sea; the Caucasus, northern Iran and Afghanistan, the western Himalayan Mountain Range, Tibet and China; to Japan between latitudes 25 degree and 68 degree. In winter they are found from southern Iran to south-east China India, Burma, and Indo- China. Common Rosefinch is also found in Sikkim, Gangtok, Bhutan, Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram, Darjeeling, Siliguri and the entire parts of Dooars region of West Bengal.
Habitat of Common Rosefinch
Common Rosefinch are found in summer in thickets, woodland and forest edges near rivers and in winter in gardens and orchards, wetlands and locally in dry oak woods
Nests of Common Rosefinch
The nest of Common Rosefinch is placed low in a bush. The eggs of Common Rosefinch are dark blue with coarse dark brown spots, and a typical clutch contains five eggs.
