rosefinch

rosefinch

bird
      any of the 21 or so species of the genus Carpodacus, of the songbird family Carduelidae, sometimes placed in the Fringillidae. Rosefinches are about 15 centimetres (6 inches) long and mostly gray or brownish; males are red on the head, breast, and rump. The common, or scarlet, rosefinch (C. erythrinus) of Eurasia, sometimes called scarlet grosbeak, and the purple finch (C. purpureus), breeding in northern North America, are alike in having the head wholly red and the underparts virtually unstreaked. The house finch (C. mexicanus), with red forehead band and streaked underparts, is a dooryard bird throughout western North America; it is often called linnet. This species was introduced (1940) on Long Island, N.Y., and is spreading along the Atlantic seaboard; it is also established in Hawaii. The rose-breasted rosefinch (C. puniceus) breeds at 5,500 metres (18,000 feet) in the Himalayas—perhaps higher than any other songbird.

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  • Rosefinch — Rose finch, n. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of Asiatic finches of the genera {Carpodacus}, and {Propasser}, and allied genera, in which the male is more or less colored with rose red. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • rosefinch — roseˈfinch noun Any of various finches of the genus Carpodacus found in Europe and Asia, the males more or less covered with red or pink plumage, especially Carpodus erythrinus, the common rosefinch • • • Main Entry: ↑rose …   Useful english dictionary

  • rosefinch — noun Any of the birds in the genus Carpodacus of the finch family …   Wiktionary

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  • Pale Rosefinch — Taxobox name = Pale Rosefinch image caption = Male Pale Rosefinch in Jordan status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Passeriformes familia = Fringillidae genus = Carpodacus species = C.… …   Wikipedia

  • red-breasted rosefïnch — margosios sniegenos statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pyrrhospiza angl. red breasted rosefïnch; red fronted rosefïnch; rose breasted rosefïnch vok. Felsengimpel, m rus. красный вьюрок, m pranc. roselin à gorge rouge, m… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • red-fronted rosefïnch — margosios sniegenos statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pyrrhospiza angl. red breasted rosefïnch; red fronted rosefïnch; rose breasted rosefïnch vok. Felsengimpel, m rus. красный вьюрок, m pranc. roselin à gorge rouge, m… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

  • rose-breasted rosefïnch — margosios sniegenos statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas atitikmenys: lot. Pyrrhospiza angl. red breasted rosefïnch; red fronted rosefïnch; rose breasted rosefïnch vok. Felsengimpel, m rus. красный вьюрок, m pranc. roselin à gorge rouge, m… …   Paukščių pavadinimų žodynas

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