Spotted great rosefinch | |
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Male at Kibber | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Genus: | Carpodacus |
Species: | C. rubicilla |
Trinomial name | |
Carpodacus rubicilla severtzovi (Sharpe, 1886) |
The spotted great rosefinch or spotted rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla severtzovi) is a finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Kashmir, Nepal, Tibet, and southwestern China.
Its natural habitats are tundra and temperate grassland.
It was formerly considered a distinct species, but is now commonly regarded as a subspecies of the great rosefinch.