Alias:Carpodacus roborowskii,Tibetan Rosefinch,Tibetan Vermilion Bird, Tibetan Vermilion Bird
Outline:Songbird
Family:Passeriformes Passerines
length:16-17cm
Weight:No verification information
Life:No verification information
IUCN:LC
Tibetan Rosefinch is a high mountain and plateau desert bird with no subspecies.
Tibetan Rosefinch is a resident bird. It moves alone or in pairs, and in autumn, it also moves and forages on the ground in family groups or small groups. It is good at running on the ground and rarely sings. It mainly feeds on seeds of alpine herbs, and also eats young leaves and shrub fruits and seeds.
The specimen of the Tibetan Sparrow was collected from the Burhan Buda Mountains in Qinghai, China. It has not been seen in many subsequent surveys. It is an extremely rare bird. On July 8-9, 1993, a group of Tibetan Sparrows, 3 males and 12 females, a total of 15 birds, were seen on a road at the junction of Qinghai and Tibet (5,200 meters above sea level). They were eating flowers of Pedicularus spp. on rocky wetlands. It is estimated that the Tibetan Sparrow may be distributed from Kekonor in Qinghai to the south to this Tanggula Mountain Road and all high places (Chikara Otani, 1995).
Listed in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2016 ver3.1-Least Concern (LC).
Listed in Appendix I, II and III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) 2019 edition Appendix II.
Listed in China's National List of Key Protected Wildlife (February 5, 2021) at level II.
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