Description:

Medium-sized, conical-billed, slender rosefinch with long and slightly notched tail. Male has pink-and-white supercilium, pink rump and underparts, and heavily streaked brown upperparts. Female has prominent supercilium with dark eye-stripe, ginger-brown throat and breast, and olive-yellow rump.

Distribution:

Uncommon summer visitor and altitudinal migrant in the western half, not found in the Baltistan region. Found up to 4000m in high-altitude open forest or forest edge, juniper and scrub above the tree line; winters on open hillsides with scrub.

Behavior:

Forages on the ground and in low bushes; hops and walks on ground; perches in bushes and trees. Usually tame and approachable. In pairs and in small, loose flocks. East variety of seeds, buds and shoots of alpine and subalpine herbs and shrubs, also blackberries, raspberries and juniper berries.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Himalayan White-browed 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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