Pale rosefinch

Pale rosefinch
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Carpodacus
Species: C. stoliczkae
Binomial name
Carpodacus stoliczkae
Hume, 1874

The pale rosefinch (Carpodacus stoliczkae) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Afghanistan and China. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Sinai rosefinch.

Its natural habitat is hot deserts.

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