
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain
Carpodacus thura
Diet
Plants and seeds (SoIB guild)
Habitat
Temperate forest and temperate shrubland
Range
Across the Himalaya from Afghanistan in the west, eastwards across India to Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal
The Himalayan white-browed rosefinch is a true finch found across the Himalaya, from Afghanistan in the west eastwards across India to Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal. Its natural habitats are temperate forest and temperate shrubland (Wikipedia, general species account).
The cached account is short and gives no description, measurements, diet or breeding information. SoIB 2023 treats it as a Himalayan endemic and rates it a Moderate conservation priority, a resident forest bird that eats plants and seeds, with a Restricted range of about 20,300 km² and insufficient data on trends (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).