Siberian long-tailed rosefinch
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The Siberian long-tailed rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus) is a species of finch of the family Fringillidae.
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Siberian long-tailed rosefinch | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Carpodacus |
Species: | C. sibiricus |
Binomial name | |
Carpodacus sibiricus (Pallas, 1773) | |
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It is found in Japan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, and Russia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and temperate grassland.
It is a very rare vagrant to Europe, but like several related Asiatic rosefinches, is reasonably frequent in the cage bird trade, so many records have been considered to relate to escapes.