Rose-browed pennant

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Rose-browed pennant
Male of the rose-browed mink (Carpodacus rhodochrous)

Male of the rose- browed mink ( Carpodacus rhodochrous )

Systematics
Subordination : Songbirds (passeri)
Family : Finches (Fringillidae)
Subfamily : Goldfinches (Carduelinae)
Tribe : Carpodacini
Genre : Carrion Pickle ( Carpodacus )
Type : Rose-browed pennant
Scientific name
Carpodacus rhodochrous
( Vigors , 1831)

The Rose brewing Gimpel ( Carpodacus rhodochrous , Syn. : Carpodacus rodochroa ) is a songbird from the family of finches . It lives in the Himalayas from Kashmir to western Sikkim , where it occurs in forests, dwarf shrubs and on grassy slopes.

The rose-browed pennant was described as Fringilla rodochroa in 1831 . Some authors still use the original epithet rodochroa , others use the declined and orthographically corrected form rhodochrous corresponding to the generic name Carpodacus .

description

Appearance

Two females of the rose-browbang in Himachal Pradesh

With a length of 14-15 cm, the rose-browed finch is about the same size as a chaffinch . The medium sized Karmingimpelart both the smaller Aurora Gimpel as well as the slightly larger jewelry Gimpel very similar. Especially the females of these three species can hardly be distinguished in the field.

The wing length is 71–75 mm in the male and 67–71 mm in the female. The tail length is between 58 and 62 mm. The short beak is dark brown above and pale brown below, the ridge and lower edge are arched towards the tip. The feet are flesh-colored to brown.

There is a sexual dimorphism in terms of plumage color. In the male, the pink forehead flows over the reins into the wide stripe above the eyes, which extends to the sides of the neck and is often interspersed with lighter feather tips in the fresh plumage. The broad, red-brown eye stripe extends arched to the sides of the neck and includes part of the ear covers. The crown and neck are also red-brown and only very finely dashed. The front ear-coverts, cheeks and chin are pink like the over-eye stripe with lighter tips on the ear-coverts. The entire underside is also pink with darker mauve-colored areas on the chest, stomach and flanks. A more brownish shade often appears on the upper flanks. The under tail-coverts are pale pink. The back and shoulder feathers are warm brown to reddish brown and appear broadly striped due to the dark feather centers. In the fresh plumage, the back looks greyish due to beige hems. The rump is dark pink, the upper tail-coverts brownish with pink nuances. The wing plumage is dark brown with warm to reddish brown edges and tips. The latter are tinted slightly pink on the large arm covers. The slightly forked tail is dark brown with warm to reddish brown edges.

In the female, the forehead and the stripe above the eyes are light beige to yellowish beige. The stripe above the eyes extends to the sides of the neck. The cheeks, chin and throat are the same color, but show fine, dark stripes that are much stronger on the chest, stomach and flanks. The underside is also beige and often tinted warmer brownish, the under tail-coverts pale beige. The reins are black-brown, eye stripes, the back of the ears, crown and neck are dark beige to beige-brown with fine dotted lines. The back and shoulder feathers are warm beige-brown, lighter than the crown and neck and with dark to black-brown stripes. The striations are hardly present on the rump and the upper tail-coverts. The arm covers are dark brown with lighter hems and slightly lighter tips. Fittich and hand covers are black-brown with beige edges. The wings and umbrella feathers are dark to black-brown with warm brown hems that become wider towards the umbrella feathers. The tail is brown with lighter edges.

The youth dress is hardly distinguishable from that of the female and at best has a slightly warmer tint on the top. It is worn through the first summer. Young males do not develop a reddish upper surface with pale pink areas until the second winter. These can still be interspersed with dark centers.

The species often looks for food inconspicuously on the ground and only flies up at the last moment when approaching. She moves hopping or waddling slightly.

voice

The call is a loud per-lie or Tschi-wie and also a canary -like zwiet . The singing is described as lovely and warbling.

Distribution and existence

The monotypical rose- browed pennant populates the Himalayas from Kashmir eastwards through the extreme north of Punjab in Uttar Pradesh and Nepal to western Sikkim . The species may also be sparsely found in southern Tibet. The rose-browed pennil is common or locally abundant. He's not threatened.

Way of life

During the breeding season, the species occurs at altitudes between 2250 and 4540 m, possibly up to 5150 m above sea level, and migrates in winter at altitudes between 1800 and 2700 m, exceptionally 910 m. It colonizes undergrowth in sparse mixed forests of birch and spruce and breeds in rhododendrons, willows and stunted juniper. It also occurs on grassy slopes, in bushes and forest edges, field trees and oak forests in the lowlands. Occasionally in winter it appears in gardens. During the breeding season they are found in pairs, in winter also in small, loose associations, which sometimes only consist of males or females. The diet consists of seeds and berries.

literature

  • P. Clement, A. Harris, J. Davis: Finches and Sparrows , Helm Identification Guides, London 1993/1999, ISBN 0-7136-5203-9

Web links

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