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Spot-winged Rosefinch

Carpodacus rodopeplus(Vigors, NA, 1831)

English (US) Spot-winged Rosefinch

The Spot-winged Rosefinch (Carpodacus rodopeplus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: Himalayas (Garhwal to Nepal and Sikkim)Range summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Carpodacus rodopeplus
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Spot-winged Rosefinch
Described by
(Vigors, NA, 1831)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Fringilla rodopepla
Described by
(Vigors, NA, 1831)
Type locality
Himalayas ; restricted to Simla-Almora district by Ticehurst and Whistler, 1924, Ibis, p. 471.
Original description
Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 1, no.2 p.23

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 236 species of the family Fringillidae