The male Common Rosefinch has a red head, breast and rump while the female is a dull brown bird with streaking on its breast and upper parts, and two white wing bars.
Out of the 942 bird species that were studied, 142 are declining, 189 are stable and only 28 are increasing. The report was published by State of India’s Birds (SoIB), on the basis of data from 30,000 birdwatchers in the country.
Twenty-eight bird species are restricted to the Western Ghats, 25 to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, four to the Eastern Himalayas and one each to the Southern Deccan plateau and Central Indian Forest, Zoological Survey of India scientist Amitava Majumder said.