Birdwatching - 1704 🐦

🦉 The common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)

📚 Carpodacus Greek: karpos fruit, daknō to bite
📚 erythrinus erythros (Greek, lat.) red

These birds have pronounced sexual dimorphism. Adult males have bright red and crimson colors in their plumage. Moreover, the older the male, the richer these colors. And young males and females look almost the same, gray-brown in color.

Surprisingly, this bird is almost entirely herbivorous. They eats various seeds of grasses, plants, buds, inflorescences, berries and fruits, and young leaves. Moreover, the fledglings are also fed with plant foods. And only occasionally can eat insects.