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Most widely distributed Rosefinch in Eurasia. Nominate C. e. eryhtrinus breeding in N, C and E Europe (BirdLife International 2022). This subspecies is entirely migratory, wintering in S Asia, loop migration described (Stach et al. 2016; Lisovski et al. 2021).

Season of assessment

B

Population trendDecreasing
Population size
(min-max, best estimate)		6830000-14000000,9730000
Red List categoryLC
Franks, S., Fiedler, W., Arizaga, J., Jiguet, F., Nikolov, B., van der Jeugd, Ambrosini, R, Aizpurua, O., Bairlein, F., Clark, J., Fattorini, N, Hammond, M., Higgins, D, Levering, H., Skellorn, W., Spina, F, Thorup, K. Walker, J., Woodward, I. and Baillie, S.R. (1) (2022) Online Atlas of the movements of European bird populations. https://migrationatlas.org EURING/CMS (1) Principal investigator
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Overall Connectivity for Common Rosefinch

Most ring-recovery data show short-range movements in Europe, thus hampering us from having firm conclusions of patterns of migration due to the lack of data from winter quarters. Recoveries from NW, W and C Europe mainly show dispersal at local scale. Recoveries from NW Europe (UK) to Scandinavia. Most mapped data from N Europe again mostly local, within Fennoscandia. Few long distance recoveries, from N Europe to Middle East up to Uzbekistan. Study based on light-level geolocators reveal a NW-SE axis of migration, with few long stopovers (2-5 days) in C Asia in autumn, and in S Asia (india) in spring (Stach et al. 2016; Lisovski et al. 2021). Loop migration, with a N-biased route in autumn (Stach et al. 2016). Wintering in W half of India. Single data from other ringing regions, a bird ringed in Hong Kong, recaptured in N Korea.

Recoveries by Condition for Common Rosefinch

Overall, most recoveries due to birds recaptured alive (96.2%). No data before 1960. There has been a remarkable difference between periods 1961-1990 and 1991-present in the proportion of birds seen alive, identified by other means than ringing: before 1990, this proportion just comprised <2% of all recoveries but from 1991 to present it increased up to 30%, due to the promotion of studies using rings to be read at distance.

Annual Movements for Common Rosefinch

Description focused in nominate subspecies, C. e. eryhtrinus breeding in Fennoscandia and leaving theses areas from late Jul to Aug, arriving to wintering quarters in S Asia in Oct. Spring migration back to breeding areas start mid-Apr, is faster than in autumn, with arrival to breeding quarters by the end of May-Jun (Stach et al. 2016).

Connectivity by Month by Region for Common Rosefinch

Most data come from captures/recaptures obtained during breeding period in Europe, from May to Aug, thus revealing either local natal/breeding dispersal of the first and last steps of their migration to/from S Asia. Recoveries from E Europe/Central Asia probably reveal stopovers, and these may fit with the observed loop migration as revealed by light-level geolocators (Stach et al. 2016), with more N routes in autumn (recovery in Aug in N Kazakhstan) than in spring (recovery in May in Uzbekistan).

Olatz Aizpurua & Juan Arizaga

References

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N records N individuals N recoveries
Mapped data*
Total available data
*Mapped data include only distant (>= 50 km) recoveries
References Map
BirdLife International 2022 . Species factsheet: Carpodacus erythrinus.
Lisovski, S., Neumann, R., Albrecht, T., Munclinger, P., Ahola, M. P., Bauer, S., Cepak, J., Fransson, T., Jakobsson, S., Jaakkonen, T., Klvana, P., Kullberg, C., Laaksonen, T., Metzger, B., Piha, M., Shurulinkov, P., Stach, R., Ström, K. et al.2021 . The Indo-European flyway: Opportunities and constraints reflected by Common Rosefinches breeding across Europe. Journal of Biogeography 48: 1255–1266
Stach, R., Kullberg, C., Jakobsson, S., Ström, K., Fransson, T.2016 . Migration routes and timing in a bird wintering in South Asia, the Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus. Journal of Ornithology 157 Link to Article (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-016-1329-3) : 671–679

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