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Carpodacus rodochroa
Habitat
Boreal forest, shrubland, grassland and dry forest
Range
Himalayas: Bhutan, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan
Clutch size
About 4–5 turquoise-blue eggs
The pink-browed rosefinch is a slender finch with a pointed beak, indented tail and black eyes that ranges across the northern Indian subcontinent, mainly in the Himalayas, in Bhutan, Tibet, India, Nepal and Pakistan. The male is bright raspberry pink with a 'browed' facial pattern and faint streaking on the back; the female is brown with streaked buffy underparts and broad white eyebrows. (Wikipedia, general species account)
Breeding occurs in July and August. The female builds the nest from twigs, dry plant stems, fibres, grass and moss, and incubates about four or five turquoise-blue eggs that are unspotted or lightly marked. Generation length is about 4.1 years. (Wikipedia, general species account)