The Himalayas, is a mountain range which separates the Great Indian Plains from the Tibetan Plateau. This range is home to nine of the ten highest peaks on the Earth, including the highest, Mount Everest. The abrupt rise of the Himalayan Mountains from less than 500 meters to more than 8,000 meters in a few hundred kilometers has resulted in a huge diversity of flora and fauna. Nearly 1000 birds have been recorded in the Himalayas of which 15 species are fully endemic.
The common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus) is the most widespread and common rosefinch of Asia and Europe. It has a stout and conical bill. The mature male has brilliant rosy-carmine head, breast and rump. Females and young males are dull-colored. Common rosefinches breed from the Danube valley, Sweden, and Siberia to the Bering Sea; the Caucasus, northern Iran and Afghanistan, the western Himalayas, Tibet and China; to Japan between latitudes 25⁰ and 68⁰.
IUCN Status: Least Concern (LC) Photo: Adam Kumiszeza