Finches (Fringillidae)
Streaked Rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides) - HBW 15, p. 594
French: Roselin strié
German: Gebirgsgimpel
Spanish: Camachuelo Estriado
Other common names: Eastern/Streaked Great Rosefinch, Crimson-eared Rosefinch
Taxonomy: Carpodacus rubicilloides Przevalski, 1876, Gansu, China.
Geographical variation weak and largely clinal, plumage becoming darker from W to E. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- lucifer R. Meinertzhagen & A. Meinertzhagen, 1926 - S Tibetan Plateau (SW & S Xizang) and Himalayas from E Kashmir, Ladakh and NW India (N Himachal Pradesh) E to N Nepal and N Bhutan.
- rubicilloides Przevalski, 1876 - E Tibetan Plateau E to C & S China (Qinghai and E & NE Xizang E to Gansu and W Sichuan); winters S to S Sichuan & N Yunnan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female drinking in a torrent Locality Heka, Qinghai, China (Northern) (ssp rubicilloides)
Keith Blomerley 5 August 2005 6 years ago 11 sec 3.8 -
A male foraging on the ground Locality Jomson Trek, Kali Gandaki Valley, Nepal (ssp lucifer)
John Gregory 30 November 1999 5 years ago 30 sec 2.4
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A pair on the ground.
Locality Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan, China (Northern) (ssp rubicilloides)
James Eaton 1 June 2011 33 weeks ago 4 -
a male standing on a meadow
Locality Kangding County, Sichuan, China (Northern)
Zhou Huaming 10 June 2009 3 years ago 4
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