Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Carpodacus
Long-tailed Rosefinch
Carpodacus sibiricus · 长尾雀
Introduction
A species of finch in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the genus Uragus but moved to Carpodacus based on phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.
Distribution & Habitat
Found in Japan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia. Natural habitats include temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and temperate grassland. It is a very rare vagrant to Europe, with many records considered to relate to escapes from the cage bird trade.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Carpodacus
Taxonomy Changes
Carpodacus lepidus → Carpodacus sibiricus
Subspecies lump — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Subspecies (5)
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Carpodacus sibiricus henrici
mountains of western China (southeastern Tibet to western Sichuan and northern Yunnan)
Data Sources
CBR Notes: 英文名由Long-tailed Rosefinch改为Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch
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.
