Taiwan rosefinch

Taiwan rosefinch
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Carpodacus
Species: C. formosanus
Binomial name
Carpodacus formosanus
Ogilvie-Grant, 1911

The Taiwan rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the vinaceous rosefinch.

It is endemic to Taiwan. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical dry forests.


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