Carpodacus rubicilla
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
The great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, India, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan and east to China. Its natural habitats are tundra and temperate grassland.
While past taxonomies treated C. r. severtzovi and two other subspecies as a separate species, the spotted great rosefinch (and called the nominate subspecies the "Caucasian great rosefinch"), they are now usually considered subspecies of the great rosefinch.
Four subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hemis National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Great Rosefinch sighting in Hemis National Park on a given day, based on 21 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 22nd most-seen of the 52 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Great Rosefinch in Hemis National Park on a given day, against about 10% in February, April–May and December, the lowest months. That is one of Hemis National Park's wettest months, with about 45 mm of rain against 10 mm in October. January has too few records to rate.
Between noon and 3 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Rosefinch sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Hemis National Park, in our data
Hemis National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Great Rosefinch sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Carpodacus
The closest relatives of the Great Rosefinch that you can see in Hemis National Park (genus Carpodacus, Typical Rosefinches) are Common Rosefinch (about 20%) and Streaked Rosefinch (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Rosefinch is recorded against all the birds logged in Hemis National Park (21 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
