Finches (Fringillidae)
Great Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla) - HBW 15, p. 594
French: Roselin tacheté
German: Berggimpel
Spanish: Camachuelo Grande
Other common names: Spot-crowned Rosefinch; Caucasian Great Rosefinch (rubicilla); Spotted Great/Severtzov's Rosefinch (E races)
Taxonomy: Loxia rubicilla Güldenstädt, 1775, Caucasus.
Taxonomy uncertain. Race severtzovi (with kobdensis and diabolicus) sometimes treated as a separate species on grounds of differences in plumage, breeding habitat and apparently vocalizations; nominate race, geographically isolated from others, may be more closely related to C. rubicilloides. Birds from WC Himalayas (Chitral E to Nepal and adjacent S Tibetan Plateau) proposed as race eblis (described from Puga, in E Kashmir), purportedly larger and slightly darker red than those from farther W in Himalayas, but differences may be clinal; further research req.. View all taxonomy...
Taxonomy uncertain. Race severtzovi (with kobdensis and diabolicus) sometimes treated as a separate species on grounds of differences in plumage, breeding habitat and apparently vocalizations; nominate race, geographically isolated from others, may be more closely related to C. rubicilloides. Birds from WC Himalayas (Chitral E to Nepal and adjacent S Tibetan Plateau) proposed as race eblis (described from Puga, in E Kashmir), purportedly larger and slightly darker red than those from farther W in Himalayas, but differences may be clinal; further research required, including study of variation of diabolicus and birds from NW India. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- rubicilla ( Güldenstädt, 1775) - C & E Caucasus of SW Russia, N Georgia and N Azerbaijan.
- diabolicus ( Koelz, 1939) - NE Afghanistan, W Pamirs and Alai Mts.
- kobdensis ( Sushkin, 1925) - SE Russia (Tuva, Russian Altai and Sayan Mts) and W Mongolia S to NW China (N Xinjiang); in winter also E Kazakhstan.
- severtzovi Sharpe, 1886 - E & SE Kazakhstan (C Tien Shan, Dzhungarian Alatau), E Kyrgyzstan (E Pamirs), SW & WC China (W & SW Xinjiang, S & E Xizang and Qinghai, possibly also N Gansu), and from N Pakistan (Chitral E to Gilgit) and Ladakh E to N Nepal and NE India (Sikkim); in winter also W & S Tajikistan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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female on rock face Locality Chakazhen, Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp severtzowi)
Martin Kennewell 27 June 2011 44 weeks ago 22 sec 3.3
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Female bird watching the sky
Locality Plzen Zoo, Plzen, Plzen Region, Czech Republic (ssp severtzovi)
Johannes Pfleiderer 6 June 2009 2 years ago 3
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