#1230 · 🐦 birds

Great Rosefinch

🇳🇱 Grote Roodmus ·Carpodacus rubicilla

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © dssh · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Анна Голубева · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Konstantin Romanov · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Нина Штейнбреннер · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Andrew Bazdyrev · CC BY 4.0
6. Mzcheta-Mtianeti, Georgien:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
7. © Bartholomew · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Бостандыкский район, Алматы, Казахстан:© nkanunnikov · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Mzcheta-Mtianeti, Georgien:© Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
10. Kosh-Agachskiy rayon, Gorno-Altay, Russia:© Dmitry Dubikovskiy · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The great rosefinch ( Carpodacus rubicilla ) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan and east to China. Its natural habitats are tundra and temperate grassland.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 664iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
664 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Anton Güldenstädt in 1775 (251 years ago).