Long-tailed Rosefinch

Long-tailed Rosefinch

Carpodacus sibiricus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

LCLeast ConcernNTVUENCR
Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Beijing

In 3 days <5%

13 Verified sightings at Beijing
8 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
December Best month
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted

About the Long-tailed Rosefinch

The Siberian long-tailed rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus) is a species of finch of the family Fringillidae. 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. The Siberian long-tailed rosefinch was formerly placed in the genus Uragus, but was moved to Carpodacus based on the results of phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Wikipedia →

Sounds

Call0:23

China · 2026

© Peter Boesman · XC1147389 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:24

Mongolia · 2026

© Ding Li Yong · XC1143260 · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

Song0:32

Japan · 2025

© Uku Paal · XC1016467 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Nikko National Park 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%

More parks will be added in future updates.

Cities Where Found

# City Country Daily sighting probability
1 Ulaanbaatar 🇲🇳 Mongolia
~50%
2 Novosibirsk 🇷🇺 Russia
~20%
3 Sendai 🇯🇵 Japan
~20%
4 Yekaterinburg 🇷🇺 Russia
~10%
5 Almaty 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan
~10%
6 Nagoya 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%
7 Seoul 🇰🇷 South Korea
<5%
8 Tokyo 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%
9 Osaka 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%
10 Sapporo 🇯🇵 Japan
<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

# Zoo / Centre Country
1 Novosibirsk Zoo 🇷🇺 Russia In captivity

Before you go

What are the chances of seeing a Long-tailed Rosefinch in Beijing?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Long-tailed Rosefinch sighting in Beijing on a given day, based on 13 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 278th most-seen of the 324 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.

When is the best time to see a Long-tailed Rosefinch in Beijing?

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Long-tailed Rosefinch in Beijing on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.

What time of day is best to see a Long-tailed Rosefinch?

Between 9 am and noon

Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Long-tailed Rosefinch sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.

Is Beijing the best place to see a Long-tailed Rosefinch?

11th of 11

Of the 11 cities where we can rate Long-tailed Rosefinch sightings, Beijing ranks 11th at under 5%. The best odds are in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia, about 50%), Novosibirsk (Russia, about 20%) and Sendai (Japan, about 20%).

Where does the Long-tailed Rosefinch sighting chance come from?

GBIF citizen-science records

It is estimated from how often the Long-tailed Rosefinch is recorded against all the birds logged in Beijing (13 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.

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