#0835 · 🐦 birds
Common Rosefinch
🇳🇱 Roodmus ·Carpodacus erythrinus
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what is it?
The common rosefinch ( Carpodacus erythrinus ) or scarlet rosefinch is the most widespread and common rosefinch of Asia and Europe.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 13 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 15,237 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1770 (256 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Common Rosefinch
- Nederlands
- Roodmus
- scientific name
- Carpodacus erythrinus
- class
- Aves
- order
- Passeriformes
- family
- Fringillidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 13
- sightings in Europe
- 8,517
- sightings worldwide
- 15,237
- GBIF records in NL
- 9,831
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1770 by Peter Simon Pallas
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Fringillidae
#0553 📷 8Common Chaffinch
🇳🇱 Vink
Fringilla coelebs
LC 👀 2.8k in NL
#0585 📷 10European Goldfinch
🇳🇱 Putter
Carduelis carduelis
LC 👀 1.2k in NL
#0597 📷 10Eurasian Linnet
🇳🇱 Kneu
Linaria cannabina
LC 👀 945 in NL
#0614 📷 10European Greenfinch
🇳🇱 Groenling
Chloris chloris
LC 👀 617 in NL
#0651 📷 10Hawfinch
🇳🇱 Appelvink
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
LC 👀 293 in NL
#0668 📷 7Brambling
🇳🇱 Keep
Fringilla montifringilla
LC 👀 230 in NL
#0674 📷 7Eurasian Siskin
🇳🇱 Sijs
Spinus spinus
LC 👀 215 in NL
#0679 📷 10Eurasian Bullfinch
🇳🇱 Goudvink
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
LC 👀 210 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 9639, Wikidata Q46143, GBIF 2494459, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.