Common Rosefinch, Carpodacus erythrinus, is a species of passerine bird in the finch family found in grassland, wetland and river and lake ecosystems. It is a widespread summer visitor breeding across the nrth-eastern Europe, occurring more patchily farther south (Central Europe). This species is found in lowland to montane moist forests, woodlands and thickets of willows (Salix), alder (Alnus), poplar (Populus ), tamarisks (Tamarix), scrub and bushes in taiga forest edges and clearings. It also occurs in riverine thickets, reedbeds and patches of bushes in meadows, forest edges, hedges, orchards, cherry (Prunus) trees and the edges of cultivation. In forest-steppe and higher areas of montane foothills it found in bracken (Pteridium), dwarf willows, juniper (Juniperus) and on bush-covered slopes with isolated birch (Betula) and firs (Abies) (European Red List 2015).
Carpodacus erythrinus has a breeding population size of 359000-783000 pairs and a breeding range size of 876000 square kilometres in the EU27. The breeding population trend in the EU27 is Decreasing in the short term and Decreasing in the long term.
The EU population status of Carpodacus erythrinus was assessed as Threatened, as the species meets one or more of the IUCN Red List criteria for threatened at the EU27 scale.