Bird name:

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Finches (Fringillidae)

Code 4

CORO

Code 6

CARERY

ITIS

179199

Breeding Location:

Forest edge, Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Mountains

Breeding Type:

Monogamous, Solitary nester

Breeding Population:

Rare

Egg Color:

Light blue green with brown flecks at larger end

Number of Eggs:

3 - 6

Incubation Days:

12 - 14

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Grasses and stems, lined with rootlets and hair.

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Common Rosefinch: Small, stocky finch with red upperparts and breast, faintly streaked brown back, and white underparts. Bill is dark gray and stout. Wings and tail are dark brown. Female is brown-streaked and gray overall.

Range and Habitat

Common Rosefinch: Occurs in the western Aleutians and Alaska. Preferred habitats include scrubby areas, especially near water and often near human habitation.

Breeding and Nesting

Common Rosefinch: Three to six light blue green eggs flecked with brown at larger end are laid in a nest made of grass and stems, lined with rootlets and hair, and built low in a bush or tree, less than 3 feet above the ground. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Common Rosefinch: Eats seeds and insects in summer and mostly seeds in winter; forages on the ground or in shrubs and trees.

Readily Eats

Safflower, Apple Slices, Suet, Millet, Peanut Kernels, Fruit, Commercial Mixed Bird Seed

Vocalization

Common Rosefinch: Song is a flutelike "chEEro-VEEcheeo", with emphasis on second and fourth notes. Call is a gentle "djnee" or piping "twee-eek."

Similar Species

Common Rosefinch: Purple Finch has red over most of body and pale bill.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Breast

The upper front part of a bird.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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