Tibetan rosefinch

Tibetan rosefinch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Carpodacus
Species: C. roborowskii
Binomial name
Carpodacus roborowskii
(Przewalski, 1887)

The Tibetan rosefinch (Carpodacus roborowskii) is a species of rosefinch in the finch family Fringillidae. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Kozlowia. It is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau of China. Its natural habitat is montane tundra.

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