Crimson-browed finch Crimson-browed finch 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. 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. The species was described by the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1836 under the binomial name "Corythus subhimachalus". The species name "subhimachalus" is derived from the Latin "sub" meaning 'beneath' and the Hindi word "himachal" meaning snow. The crimson-browed
Small ground finch Latin for "sooty". It is known to hybridize (rarely) with the medium ground finch. This is the smallest of the ground finches, measuring in length . Its beak is short and pointed, with a slightly curved culmen. On average, its beak is smaller than that of the medium ground finch, though there is a significant overlap in size between the two, particularly on islands where only one of the two species exists. On islands where the two species compete directly, the differences between their beaks are greater. The male is black with white-tipped undertail coverts, while the female and young