Sillem's Rosefinch (Carpodacus sillemi) - BirdLife species factsheet

Sillem's Rosefinch Carpodacus sillemi

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Carpodacus sillemi (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously placed in the genus Leucosticte following Roselaar (1992).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
Roselaar, C.S. 1992. A new species of mountain finch Leucosticte from western Tibet. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 112: 225-231.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Data Deficient
2016	Data Deficient
2012	Data Deficient
2008	Data Deficient
2004	Data Deficient
2000	Data Deficient
1996	Data Deficient
1994	Data Deficient
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	155,000 km²	medium

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	unknown	-	-	-
Generation length	2.6 years	-	-	-

Population justification: No population estimates are available.

Trend justification: The population trend is unknown, due to the extreme paucity of records: it is only ever located at the site of the rediscovery and even then very infrequently (Y. Muzika in litt. 2020).

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
China (mainland)	extant	native		yes
India	extant	uncertain

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
China (mainland)	Aksayqin Hu and alpine grassland

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks)		suitable	resident
Altitude	4950 - 5125 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Sillem's Rosefinch Carpodacus sillemi. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/sillems-rosefinch-carpodacus-sillemi on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.