Spot-winged Rosefinch
Carpodacus rodopeplus

2 March 2012

Full Species (monotypic); i.e. no subspecies/races
Carpodacus rodopeplus (Vigors) 1831 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Pt1 no2 p23

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Spot-winged Rosefinch, Carpodacus rodopeplus

High altitude Uttarakhand to whole Nepal, winters lower
Hutton states that it likes the brushwood best, where it often keeps company with various Accentors (TC Jerdon-1863).



References:
Grimmett, R., Inskipp C. & Inskipp T. (2011): Birds of the INDIAN SUBCONTINENT, 2nd Ed., p.482, Published by Christopher Helm, London
Rasmussen, P.C. & Anderton, J.C. (2005): Birds of South Asia. The Ripley Guide (2 Volumes), v.1, p.346, v.2, p.565. Published by Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, USA and Lynx Edicions, Barcelona, Spain.
 

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