Three-banded Rosefinch

SCI Name:  Carpodacus trifasciatus
Protonym:  Carpodacus trifasciatus Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.Bull. 6(1870) p.39
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Carpodacus
Taxonomy Code:  thbros1
Type Locality:  mountains of Chinese Tibet; restricted to Paohing [olim Muping], Sikang, by Vaurie, 1959, Birds Pal. Fauna, Passeriformes, p. 637.
Author:  Verreaux, J
Publish Year:  1871
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.

trifasciata / trifasciatus
Mod. L. trifasciatus  three-banded, trifasciate  < L. tri-  three-  < tres  three; Late L. fasciatus banded  < L. fascia  band.