Common Rosefinch / Carpodacus erythrinus
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Common Rosefinch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Loxia erythrina NoviCommen.Acad.Sci.Imp.Petrop. 14 p.587 pl.23 fig.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Carpodacus
Taxonomy Code: comros
Type Locality: Volga and Samara Rivers.
Author: Pallas
Publish Year: 1770
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.
erythrinus
Mod. L. erythrinus red, dark red < L. erythros red < Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red.
SUBSPECIES
Common Rosefinch (erythrinus)
SCI Name: Carpodacus erythrinus erythrinus
erythrinus
Mod. L. erythrinus red, dark red < L. erythros red < Gr. ερυθρος eruthros red.
Common Rosefinch (grebnitskii)
SCI Name: Carpodacus erythrinus grebnitskii
grebnitskii / grebnitzkii
Nikolai Aleksandrovich Grebnitzki (1848-1908) Russian Gov. of Kamchatka, Siberia (subsp. Carpodacus erythrinus, syn. Corvus corax kamtschaticus, syn. Falco rusticolus).
Common Rosefinch (kubanensis)
SCI Name: Carpodacus erythrinus kubanensis
kubanensis
Kuban District, Northern Caucasus, Russia.
Common Rosefinch (ferghanensis)
SCI Name: Carpodacus erythrinus ferghanensis
ferghanensis
Ferghana Valley or Depression, Kyrgyzstan.
Common Rosefinch (roseatus)
SCI Name: Carpodacus erythrinus roseatus
roseata / roseatus
Med. L. roseatus roseate < L. rosa rose.
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)
