Crimson-winged Finch

SCI Name:  Rhodopechys sanguineus
Protonym:  Fringilla sanguinea Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1837) (1837), Pt5 no.59 p.127
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Rhodopechys
Taxonomy Code:  crwfin2
Type Locality:  Erzurum, Turkey.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1838
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

RHODOPECHYS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ Eurasian Crimson-winged Finch R. sanguineus) Gr. ῥοδοπηχυς rhodopēkhus, ῥοδοπηχυος rhodopēkhuos  rosy-armed  < ῥοδον  rhodon  rose; πηχυς pēkhus, πηχεως pēkheōs  forearm; "Gen. PETRONIA Kaup. 1829. **)   ...   **) Nicht zu Carpodacus und dessen verwandten Gruppen, sondern zwischen Petronia und Coccothrautses gehört nach Form des Schnabels und Bildung der sehr langen Flügel und des verhältnissmässig kürzern Schwanzes die Gattung:  Rhodopechys n. gen. (von ῥοδοπηχυς, ους, rosenarmig).  Typus: R. sanguineus. — Fringilla sanguinea Gould Proc. Zool. Soc. 1837. p. 127; Erythrospiza phoenicoptera Bonap. List. p. 34 no. 227." (Cabanis 1853).

sanguineum / sanguineus
L. sanguineus  bloody  < sanguis, sanguinis  blood.
● The types of this form were collected by Capt. N. B. Blood (see bloodi) (subsp. Cnemophilus macgregorii).

SUBSPECIES

Crimson-winged Finch (African)
SCI Name: Rhodopechys sanguineus alienus
aliena / alienus
L. alienus  alien, stranger, foreign  < alius  another.
● "8.  OENA CAPENSIS ALIENA, subsp. nov.  Twenty-six specimens, adults of both sexes, Miandrivazo, Morondava, Morondava River, Mahabo, Tulear, and Lake Tsimanampetsotsa, June, July, and August.  ...  Similar to Oena capensis capensis (Linné) of South Africa and Oe. capensis anonyma Oberholser of British East Africa, but wing and tail averaging slightly longer; scapularis, mantle, and lower rump considerably darker" (Bangs 1918) (subsp. Oena capensis).
● "SITAGRA ALIENA, n. sp.  ♂. Similis nulla speciei generis 'Sitagra' dicti.  ...  This species, according to Capt. Shelley's classification of the Weaver-Birds (B. Afr. i. p. 38), would come into his genus Hyphanturgus, but even then there is no species with a black head and throat." (Sharpe 1902) (Ploceus).
● "RHODOPECHYS ALIENA, sp. n.  R. similis R. sanguineæ, sed rostro debiliore, superciliis et torque collari cineraceis, nec fulvescenti-albis vel roseis: gutture pallide roseo, nec cinnamomeo-brunneo distinguenda."  (Whitaker 1897) (Rhodopechys).

Crimson-winged Finch (Eurasian)
SCI Name: Rhodopechys sanguineus sanguineus
sanguineum / sanguineus
L. sanguineus  bloody  < sanguis, sanguinis  blood.
● The types of this form were collected by Capt. N. B. Blood (see bloodi) (subsp. Cnemophilus macgregorii).