Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch

Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Carpodacus (but see text)
Species: C. pulcherrimus
Binomial name
Carpodacus pulcherrimus
(Moore, 1856)

The Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus) is a true finch species (family Fringillidae). It is one of the rosefinches that might belong in the genus Propasser. It is found in Bhutan, India, Mongolia, Nepal, and Pakistan. Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

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