A brilliantly bright bird rendered dazzling due to his vivid coat of riotous red!

Meet the Scarlet Finch!

The scarlet finch (Carpodacus sipahi) is appropriately named due to the male suit of dazzling red. Generally scarlet in color, they have a smaller bill, a longer tail, being more widely marked than the Rose Finch.

 

Females and younger birds are generally cloudier in color, but still look familiar due to their greenish–yellow features, creamy rump, and pink-colored bill.

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These birds are resident in the Himalayas from Uttarakhand India, eastwards, across to Nepal, further east to north-east India, and Southeast Asia as far as Thailand.

“Scarlet Finch Khangchendzonga National park weѕt Sikkim India 30.10.2015” (cropped) by Dibyendu Ash is licensed under

These birds like to live in and around temperate forests.