Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch / Carpodacus pulcherrimus

Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch / Carpodacus pulcherrimus

Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch

SCI Name:  Carpodacus pulcherrimus
Protonym:  Propasser pulcherrimus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1855) (1855), Pt23 no.297 p.216
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae /
Taxonomy Code:  bearos1
Type Locality:  Nepal.
Author:  
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. CarpodagusCardopagus.   
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.