Crimson-browed finch

{{Short description|Species of bird}}

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| image = Crimson-browed Finch - Bhutan_S4E8757 (22647757219).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=Carpodacus subhimachalus |volume=2018 |page=e.T22720628A132003315 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720628A132003315.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Carpodacus

| species = subhimachalus

| authority = (Hodgson, 1836)

| synonyms = Pinicola subhimachalus
Propyrrhula subhimachala

}}

The crimson-browed finch (Carpodacus subhimachalus) is a true finch species (family Fringillidae). It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland.

File:Crimson-browed Finch from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh.jpg, Arunachal Pradesh.]]

This is a large finch with a large short bill. The male has a crimson red head and throat. The female has a yellow head and throat.{{cite book| last=Clement | first=P. | chapter=Crimson-browed Finch (Propyrrhula subhimachala) | editor1-last=del Hoyo | editor1-first=J | editor2-last=Elliott | editor2-first=A. | editor3-last=Sargatal | editor3-first=J. | editor4-last=Christie | editor4-first=D.A. | editor5-last=de Juana | editor5-first=E. | title=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive | publisher=Lynx Edicions | doi=10.2173/bow.crbfin3.01 | s2cid=216324508 | chapter-url=http://www.hbw.com/node/61405 | access-date=24 August 2015}}{{subscription required}}

The species was described by the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1836 under the binomial name Corythus subhimachalus.{{cite journal | last=Hodgson | first=Brian Houghton | year=1836 | title=Notices of the ornithology of Nepal: New species of the thick billed finches | journal=Asiatic Researches | volume=19 | page=152 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43118045 }} The species name subhimachalus combines the Latin sub meaning 'beneath' and the Hindi word himachal meaning snow.{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling |publisher = Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=371 }} The crimson-browed finch was formerly placed in the genus Pinicola but was moved to the rosefinch genus Carpodacus based on the results from the phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | title=Finches, euphonias | work= World Bird List Version 5.2| url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/finches/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union| access-date=5 June 2015 }}{{cite journal | last1=Zuccon | first1=Dario | last2=Prŷs-Jones | first2=Robert | last3=Rasmussen | first3=Pamela C. | last4=Ericson | first4=Per G.P. | year=2012 | title=The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae) | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=62 | issue=2 | pages=581–596 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002 | url=http://www.nrm.se/download/18.9ff3752132fdaeccb6800010935/Zuccon%20et%20al%202012.pdf | pmid=22023825}}