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Bird name:

Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinusOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Finches (Fringillidae)

Codes: Common Name: CORO Scientific Name: CARERY ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179199

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Overview

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.

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.

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Listen to Call

Voice Text

"chEEro-VEEcheeo"

Interesting Facts

First-year birds tend to disperse further than adults which explains why colonizing birds are almost always dull-plumaged (young) males.

A group of rosefinches are collectively known as a "bouquet" of finches.

Bird Term Glossary

Author

Gary Owen Dick

Related Birds

House Finch
Purple Finch
Cassin's Finch
Pine Grosbeak
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill

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Common Rosefinch

● 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

Perching-like Body

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.

Field Guide to Birds of North America

Common Rosefinch

Birdman Mel's Backyard Tips

Overview

Range and Habitat

Topo Map: Perching-like Body

Listen to Call

Voice Text

Interesting Facts

Bird Term Glossary

Author

Related Birds

Common Rosefinch

Flight Pattern