Sillem’s Rosefinch / Carpodacus sillemi
WBN 
Sillem's Rosefinch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Leucosticte sillemi Bull.Br.Orn.Club 112 p.226
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Carpodacus
Taxonomy Code: tahmof1
Type Locality:
Author: Roselaar
Publish Year: 1992
IUCN Status: Data Deficient
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.
sillemi
Jerome Alexander Sillem (1902-1986) Dutch merchant, ornithologist, collector in Central Asia 1929-1930 (Carpodacus).
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)
