Ark-rumped Rosefinch

Garpodacus Bdwsrdsli

Beak

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Feet

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Crest

No crest

Resident. Cand E Himalayas. Male confusable with Spot-winged, but pink tips to coverts and tertials much less prominent. lacks prominent pink on rump. and has dark breast and flanks. Femalefr om Pink-browed by larger size. stockier appearance, stouter bill, darker brown upperparts and deeper brownish underparts (with breast tending to be shade darker than belly), while pale fringes to tertials have distinctly paler tip to outer edge (more even on Pink - browedl. Pale tips to coverts and tertials are less prominent than on Spot-winged, and has darker (brownert underparts, less distinct supercilium and paler ear-coverts, and more finely and sparsely streaked throat and breast. 1st - sum male has pink wash to supercilium, ear-coverts and breast. High-altitude shrub and open forest; favours rhododendron.