See also:
Carpodacus erythrinus Pallas, 1770
Carpodacus erythrinus erythrinus Pallas, 1770
Carpodacus erythrinus ferghanensis Kozlova, 1939

Synonyms

Carpodacus erythrinus tianschanica Portenko, 1960

Description

Please see the page of Common Rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus). The characters of the race: At male red colour on back, throat and breast, and pink colour on belly and sides darker than erythrinus, but lighter than ferghanensis. From other races steadily differs by thicker and massive bill.

Distribution

In Kazakhstan can be observed on seasonal migration.

References

Gavrilov E. I., Gavrilov A. E. "The Birds of Kazakhstan". Almaty, 2005
Э.И.Гаврилов. "Фауна и распространение птиц Казахстана". Алматы, 1999.