Crimson-browed Finch

SCI Name:  Carpodacus subhimachalus
Protonym:  Corythus subhimachalus As.Res. 19 p.152
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Carpodacus
Taxonomy Code:  crbfin3
Type Locality:  northern Nepal ; in winter in central Nepal.
Author:  Hodgson
Publish Year:  1836
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CARPODACUS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Pallas's Rosefinch C. roseus) Gr. καρπος karpos  fruit; δακος dakos  biter  < δακνω daknō  to bite; "6. Pyrrhula rosea, longicauda, erythrina.   ...   6. Karminfink. Carpodacus *).   E[ntwickelung]. Wie bei Coccothraustes, Chloreus und Pyrrhula.   Ch[arakter]. Hänflinge mit dickem, gewölbtem Schnabel.   L[ebensart]. Sie leben nur von Beeren und Samereien, und haben wenig natürlichen Gesang.   ...   *) Von καρπος, Frucht und δακνω, beißen." (Kaup 1829); "Carpodacus Kaup, 1829, Skizz. Entw. Nat. Syst., 1, p. 161. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1842, List Genera Birds, ed. 2, appen., p. 11), Fringilla rosea Pallas." (Paynter in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 267).   
Var. Carpodagus, Cardopagus.   
Synon. Chaunoproctus, Erythrina, Erythrothorax, Haematospiza, Kozlowia, Papa, Phoenicospiza, Propasser, Propyrrhula, Pyrrhospiza, Pyrrhulinota, Rubicilla, Uragus.

subhemachalana / subhemalacha / subhemalayana / subhemalayanus / subhemalayensis / subhimachala / subhimachalana / subhimachalus / subhimalayensis
(a) L. sub beneath; Mod. L. Hemachala  Himachal or Mahabharat Ranges, Himalaya Mts. < Sanskrit hima  snow; acala  mountain (Laurent Raty in litt.).
(b) L. sub  beneath; Himalaya Mts.  < Sanskrit hima  snow; ālaya abode.
● The “Subhimalayan Finch” of Hodgson 1836. “I propose that the specific name of this species should be rendered as above [subhimalayensis], to avoid confusion. Hodgson called it the “Sub-himalayan Finch;” but by giving it the unusual name of subhimachalus and afterwards that of subhemachalana, it is not surprising that subsequent writers mistook the origin of the specific name, and reduced it to subhemalacha or subhimachalana. To his original drawing he has attached the name subhemalayensis, and as this best expresses the specific signification, I propose to retain it, instead of the other ones, which are apparently varied readings of a misprint” (Sharpe 1888) (Carpodacus).
● Nepal (syn. Cisticola juncidis cursitans, syn. Milvus migrans lineatus, syn. Tichodroma muraria).