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Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Finches (Fringillidae)
Codes: Common Name: CORO Scientific Name: CARERY ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179199
Common Rosefinch Breeding Male Head Illustration

Head

Topo Map: Perching-like Head
  • Bill Shape: Cone
  • Eye Color: Dark brown.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline
  • Crown Color: Red
  • Forehead Color: Red
  • Nape Color: Red
  • Throat Color: Red
  • Cere color: No Data
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Common Rosefinch Breeding Male Body Illustration

Body

Topo Map: Perching-like Body
  • Length Range: 15 cm (5.75 in)
  • Weight: 23 g (0.8 oz)
  • Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
  • Color: Red, Pink, White, Brown
  • Underparts: White with brown streaking and red breast.
  • Upperparts: Red with brown streaking.
  • Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Common Rosefinch Breeding Male Flight Illustration

Flight

Topo Map: Perching-like Flight
  • Flight Pattern: Bounding flight on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings drawn to sides.
  • Wingspan Range: 24 cm (9.5 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Dark Brown
  • Under Tail: Dark Brown
  • Leg Color: Gray-brown
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Family Buntings, Finches, Sparrows (Emberizidae)_blue
Species Carpodacus erythrinus
Length5.75 Inches
Wingspan9.5 Inches

Common Rosefinch

Common Rosefinch: Small, stocky finch, red upperparts and breast, faintly streaked brown back, white underparts. Bill is dark gray and stout. Wings and tail are dark brown. Legs and feet are gray-brown. Forages on ground and in trees and shrubs for seeds and insects. Bounding flight.

● Song: "chEEro-VEEcheeo"

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

● Breeding & 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.

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

Flight Pattern

Bounding flight on rapidly beating wings alternating with brief periods of wings drawn to sides.
Common Rosefinch Breeding Male Body Illustration
● Range & Habitat: Common Rosefinch: Occurs in the western Aleutians and Alaska. Preferred habitats include scrubby areas, especially near water and often near human habitation.
BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester
PopulationRare
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.8 Ounces
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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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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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