Scarlet Finch
A species of Eurasian Rosefinches Scientific name : Carpodacus sipahi Genus : Eurasian Rosefinches
Scarlet Finch, A species of Eurasian Rosefinches
Botanical name: Carpodacus sipahi
Genus: Eurasian Rosefinches
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Photo By Don Roberson 
Description
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. 
Size
19 cm
Nest Placement
Shrub
Feeding Habits
Scarlet Finch's diet includes seeds, buds, berries, and small insects from plants like raspberry, roseleaf bramble, and elm. Forages primarily in trees, visible on dead branches, but also at ground level, alone, in pairs, or in flocks, with single-sex groups outside breeding season.
Habitat
The habitat of scarlet Finch encompasses open montane fir and broadleaf forests, often frequenting edges and clearings. Outside of the breeding season, scarlet Finch inhabits the undergrowth and peripheries of bamboo and oak forest ecosystems across a range of broader geographical regions.
Dite type
Granivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Photo By Don Roberson 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Finches Genus
Eurasian Rosefinches Species
Scarlet Finch 
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