Great Rosefinch
Carpodacus rubicilla
大朱雀
Distribution & Habitat
This species occurs across an extensive range from the Caucasus Mountains and Central Asia through to China. Countries of occurrence include Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, India, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, extending east to China. Its natural habitats consist of tundra and temperate grassland environments.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Carpodacus
- eBird Code
- greros1
Subspecies (4)
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Carpodacus rubicilla diabolicus
northeastern Afghanistan (Sanglech region)
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Carpodacus rubicilla kobdensis
Alai Mountains of western Mongolia to eastern and central Altai Mountains
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Carpodacus rubicilla rubicilla
breeds Caucasus; winters to Transcaucasus
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Carpodacus rubicilla severtzovi
Kashmir to Nepal, Tibet, and southwestern China
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.