Carpodacus sipahi
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The scarlet finch (Carpodacus sipahi) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is found in the Himalayas from Uttarakhand state in the Indian Himalayas eastwards across Nepal, stretching further east to the adjacent hills of Northeast India and Southeast Asia as far south as Thailand. It is resident in the Himalayas, but many birds winter to the immediate south. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.
It was described by the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1836 under the binomial name Corythus sipahi. The species name sipahi comes from the Hindustani word sipāhi for a soldier or the Anglicised form sepoy, for the red uniform worn by those in the employment of the East India Company.
The scarlet finch was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Haematospiza but was moved to the rosefinch genus Carpodacus based on the results of molecular phylogenetic studies. Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 2 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Finch sighting in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 209th most-seen of the 388 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Scarlet Finch in Royal Manas National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April–July, October and December–February, the lowest months. Those are among Royal Manas National Park's driest months, with about 65 mm of rain a month against 930 mm in July. August and September have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Scarlet Finch sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 2 parks where we can rate Scarlet Finch sightings, Royal Manas National Park has the highest daily chance: under 5%. Next come Langtang National Park (Nepal, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Scarlet Finch is recorded against all the birds logged in Royal Manas National Park (45 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.
