Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch Carpodacus thura thura reported in Chumbi Valley, Shigatse Prefecture, Tibet. Paler race blythi may occur further west in Tibet. ID & COMPARISON Differs from Chinese White-browed Rosefinch C. dubius by brown eye-stripe (joining brown on sides of nape). Female has warm brown to olive-yellow wash across throat and upper breast, missing in Chinese White-browed Rosefinch. Male similar to Pink-rumped Rosefinch C. waltoni, Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch C. davidianus, and Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch C. pulcherrimus, but those are smaller and less uniformly brown on crown and upperparts, with more obvious streaking. VOICE Himalayan’s squeaky call recalls nervous laughter, whereas call of Chinese White-browed Rosefinch is lamblike bleat. — Craig Brelsford
THE ROSEFINCHES OF CHINA
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Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus
Scarlet Finch C. sipahi
Streaked Rosefinch C. rubicilloides
Great Rosefinch C. rubicilla
Red-mantled Rosefinch C. rhodochlamys
Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch C. pulcherrimus
Chinese Beautiful Rosefinch C. davidianus
Pink-rumped Rosefinch C. waltoni
Pink-browed Rosefinch C. rodochroa
Dark-rumped Rosefinch C. edwardsii
Spot-winged Rosefinch C. rodopeplus
Sharpe’s Rosefinch C. verreauxii
Vinaceous Rosefinch C. vinaceus
Pale Rosefinch C. stoliczkae
Tibetan Rosefinch C. roborowskii
Sillem’s Rosefinch C. sillemi
Siberian Long-tailed Rosefinch C. sibiricus
Chinese Long-tailed Rosefinch C. lepidus
Pallas’s Rosefinch C. roseus
Three-banded Rosefinch C. trifasciatus
Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch C. thura
Chinese White-browed Rosefinch C. dubius
Red-fronted Rosefinch C. puniceus
Crimson-browed Finch C. subhimachalus
See also:
Taiwan Rosefinch Carpodacus formosanus
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Daniel Bengtsson served as chief ornithological consultant for Craig Brelsford’s Photographic Field Guide to the Birds of China, from which this species description is drawn.
