Long-tailed Rosefinch

Long-tailed Rosefinch

Carpodacus sibiricus

Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic

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

In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%

52 Verified sightings at Osaka
8 In 1 park From 2019 to 2026
January 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 Osaka?

Rare

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Long-tailed Rosefinch sighting in Osaka on a given day, based on 52 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 101st most-seen of the 180 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.

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

Any time of year

In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Long-tailed Rosefinch in Osaka 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 Osaka the best place to see a Long-tailed Rosefinch?

9th of 11

Of the 11 cities where we can rate Long-tailed Rosefinch sightings, Osaka ranks 9th at under 5%. The best odds are in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia, about 50%), Novosibirsk (Russia, about 20%) and Sendai (Japan, about 20%).

Which relatives of the Long-tailed Rosefinch live in Osaka?

Same family: Fringillidae

The closest relatives of the Long-tailed Rosefinch that you can see in Osaka (family Fringillidae, Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) are Oriental Greenfinch (about 30%), Japanese Grosbeak (about 10%) and Brambling (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.

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 Osaka (52 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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