Description:

Large and large-billed, stout rosefinch. Male's crown and mantle are paler and greyer, with pinkish wash, and streaking on upperparts is less prominent. Pink of supercilium barely extends across forehead. Female is heavily streaked has pale grey coloration to upperparts and whitish underparts.

Distribution:

Common resident and altitudinal migrant in all the regions of Gilgit-Baltistan. In summers up to 3800m in high-altitude juniper, briar and scrub; winters down to 2000m in bushes, thorny scrub, cultivations and gardens.

Behavior:

Usually secretive; forages in berry-bearing bushes, junipers and low vegetation, and on ground. Generally in pairs; in winter alone or in small parties. Feeds on mainly seeds, buds and berries of bushes and trees, including wild rose, wild olive, honeysuckle, juniper, sea-buckthorn and barberry; also takes seeds of dandelion.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Red-mantled Rosefinch in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Red-mantled Rosefinch

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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