This pink bird is called the Rose finch and it looks like cotton candy in the snow.

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emazingly on March 27th, 2018 at 11:41 UTC »

I'm not so sure it's oddly satisfying, more like just a beautiful bird. I didn't realize they even existed in that color. How amazing!

pIsban on March 27th, 2018 at 12:35 UTC »

Definitely looks more like a rose finch than cotton candy

Ayy_2_Brute on March 27th, 2018 at 12:40 UTC »

"Rosefinch"*

There have been a number of rosefinch radiations. First to split off were the ancestors of the North American species, the common rosefinch, and the scarlet finch, generally placed in its own genus. These groups, which may be related, diverged in the Middle Miocene (about 14–12 mya) from the proto-rosefinches. Each of these groups probably should constitute a distinct genus; in the case of the North American species, this is Haemorhous.