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Common Rosefinch

Carpodacus erythrinus

1,758Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
36Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb11
Mar3
Apr7
May174
Jun192
Jul57
Aug91
Sep752
Oct461
Nov5
Dec3

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Shetland Islands —865
2Isles of Scilly England207
3East Riding of Yorkshire England149
4Orkney Islands Scotland108
5Norfolk England69
6Pembrokeshire Wales36
7Fife Scotland36
8Cumbria England34
9Cambridgeshire England24
10Dorset England20
11North Yorkshire England19
12Kent England13
13Devon England12
14Isle of Anglesey Wales12
15Sheffield England7
658 England1,044 Scotland54 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 36 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,758
Peak month
September
Counties with records
36
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Carpodacus erythrinus
Also known as
Scarlet Rosefinch
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
311
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
Genus
Carpodacus
Name with authority
Carpodacus erythrinus (Pallas, 1770)
Described
1770
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q46143 · GBIF 2494459