Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch / Carpodacus pulcherrimus
Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Propasser pulcherrimus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1855) (1855), Pt23 no.297 p.216
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Carpodacus
Taxonomy Code: bearos1
Type Locality: Nepal.
Author: Moore, F
Publish Year: 1856
IUCN Status:
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.
pulcherrima / pulcherrimus
L. pulcherrimus very beautiful < super. pulcher, pulchra beautiful.
● ex “Pigeon violet à tête rouge d’Antigue” of Sonnerat 1766 (Alectroenas).
SUBSPECIES
Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch (pulcherrimus)
SCI Name: Carpodacus pulcherrimus pulcherrimus
pulcherrima / pulcherrimus
L. pulcherrimus very beautiful < super. pulcher, pulchra beautiful.
● ex “Pigeon violet à tête rouge d’Antigue” of Sonnerat 1766 (Alectroenas).
Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch (argyrophrys)
SCI Name: Carpodacus pulcherrimus argyrophrys
argyrophrys
Gr. αργυρος arguros silver < αργος argos shining, glistening; οφρυς ophrus, οφρυος ophruos eyebrow, brow.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)