Pallas’s Rosefinch / Carpodacus roseus
Pallas's Rosefinch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Fringilla rosea ReiseVersch.Provin.Russ.Reichs 3 p.699
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Carpodacus
Taxonomy Code: palros2
Type Locality: Uda and Selenga Rivers, Transbaicalia.
Author: Pallas
Publish Year: 1776
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.
roseus
L. roseus rosy, roseate, rosaceous < rosa rose.
● "95. TURDUS. ... roseus. 11. T. subincarnatus, capite alis caudaque nigris, occipite cristato. Merula rosea. Aldr. orn. l. 16. c. 15. Will. orn. 143. Raj. av. 67. Edw. av. 20. t. 20. Turdus roseus, capite ex nigro cæruleo & cirrho retro compto, alis & cauda nigris. Klein. av. 71. Habitat in Lapponia, Helvetia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pastor).
● ex “Pelican rose de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Rose-coloured Pelican” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pelecanus onocrotalus).
SUBSPECIES
Pallas's Rosefinch (roseus)
SCI Name: Carpodacus roseus roseus
roseus
L. roseus rosy, roseate, rosaceous < rosa rose.
● "95. TURDUS. ... roseus. 11. T. subincarnatus, capite alis caudaque nigris, occipite cristato. Merula rosea. Aldr. orn. l. 16. c. 15. Will. orn. 143. Raj. av. 67. Edw. av. 20. t. 20. Turdus roseus, capite ex nigro cæruleo & cirrho retro compto, alis & cauda nigris. Klein. av. 71. Habitat in Lapponia, Helvetia." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pastor).
● ex “Pelican rose de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Rose-coloured Pelican” of Latham 1785 (syn. Pelecanus onocrotalus).
Pallas's Rosefinch (portenkoi)
SCI Name: Carpodacus roseus portenkoi
portenkoi
Prof. Leonid Aleksandrovich Portenko (1896-1972) Russian ornithologist, collector, explorer (subsp. Carpodacus roseus).
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)