Common rosefinch

A migratory, perching granivore, it lives in shrubland and has a geographic range of 23,260,000 km². It lays 4.9 eggs per clutch in 1 clutch per year, incubates them for 13.5 days, reaches sexual maturity at 1 year and is listed as Least Concern by the IUCN.

Weight

23.9 g – 24.8 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

26 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

9 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Granivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

13.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

4.9src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The common rosefinch is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyFringillidae
6. genusCarpodacus
7. SpeciesCarpodacus erythrinus (Pallas, 1770)

Synonyms Carpodacus erythrinus murati, Carpodacus laetissimus, Erythrina albifrons, Erythrina erythrina, Erythrina erythrina erythrina, Erythrina erythrina setschuanica, Erythrothorax medius, Fringilla incerta, Fringilla olivacea, Loxia erythrina

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@misc{common_rosefinch_2026,
  title = {Common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/common-rosefinch},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}