Red-fronted Rosefinch

SCI Name:  Carpodacus puniceus
Protonym:  Pyrrhospiza punicea J.Asiat.Soc.Bengal 13(1844) p.953
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Carpodacus
Taxonomy Code:  refros1
Type Locality:  Himalayas ; type from Nepal, fide Vaurie, 1959, Birds Pal. Fauna, Passeriformes, p. 644.
Author:  Blyth
Publish Year:  1845
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.

punicea / puniceus
L. puniceus  purple, red  < Poeniceus or Puniceus Phoenician, Carthaginian  < Poeni  Carthaginians (originally colonists from Phoenicia).
● ex “Lorius amboinensis” of Brisson 1760, “Lori d’Amboine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 518, “Lori cramoisi” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Blue-breasted Parrot” of Brown 1776, and “Crimson Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eclectus roratus).
● ex “Red-breasted Finch” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (syn. Hedymeles ludovicianus).
● ex “Crested brown Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Orthorhynchus cristatus).
● L. Puniceus  Punic, Carthaginian (i.e. of North Africa) (syn. Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides).

SUBSPECIES

Red-fronted Rosefinch (kilianensis)
SCI Name: Carpodacus puniceus kilianensis
kilianensis
Kilian Pass, western Kun Lun, Sinkiang, China.

Red-fronted Rosefinch (humii)
SCI Name: Carpodacus puniceus humii
humii
Allan Octavian Hume (1829-1912) English civil servant in India 1850-1894, ornithologist, collector, founder of journal ‘Stray Feathers’ (subsp. Carpodacus puniceus, Chrysophlegma, subsp. Coccothraustes coccothraustes, subsp. Hypsipetes ganeesa, syn. Periparus ater aemodius, syn. Psilopogon mystacophanos, Pycnonotus leucogenys x P. leucotis hybrid, subsp. Sturnus vulgaris (ex Sturnus nitens Hume, 1871), subsp. Suthora nipalensis, subsp. Todiramphus chloris).

Red-fronted Rosefinch (puniceus)
SCI Name: Carpodacus puniceus puniceus
punicea / puniceus
L. puniceus  purple, red  < Poeniceus or Puniceus Phoenician, Carthaginian  < Poeni  Carthaginians (originally colonists from Phoenicia).
● ex “Lorius amboinensis” of Brisson 1760, “Lori d’Amboine” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 518, “Lori cramoisi” of de Buffon 1770-1783, “Blue-breasted Parrot” of Brown 1776, and “Crimson Lory” of Latham 1781 (syn. Eclectus roratus).
● ex “Red-breasted Finch” of Latham 1783 and Pennant 1785 (syn. Hedymeles ludovicianus).
● ex “Crested brown Humming-bird” of Latham 1782 (?syn. Orthorhynchus cristatus).
● L. Puniceus  Punic, Carthaginian (i.e. of North Africa) (syn. Falco peregrinus pelegrinoides).

Red-fronted Rosefinch (sikangensis)
SCI Name: Carpodacus puniceus sikangensis
sikangensis
Sikang, Xikang or Kham, a former province (now divided between Tibet and Sichuan) of south-western China.

Red-fronted Rosefinch (longirostris)
SCI Name: Carpodacus puniceus longirostris
longirostris
L. longus  long; -rostris  -billed  < rostrum  beak. Var. Longirostra.
● ex “Long-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡Acrocephalus).
● ex “Manchot de la Nouvelle Guinée” of Sonnerat 1776 (syn. Aptenodytes patagonicus).
● ex “Troupiale” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 532 (syn. Icterus icterus).
● ex “Grimpar Nasican” of Levaillant 1807 (Nasica).
● ex “Râle à long bec de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 849, and “Long-billed Rail” of Latham 1785 (Rallus).