Scarlet Finch

Scarlet Finch / Carpodacus sipahi

Scarlet Finch

Here the details of the Scarlet Finch named bird below:

SCI Name:  Carpodacus sipahi
Protonym:  Corythus sipahi As.Res. 19 p.151
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae /
Taxonomy Code:  scafin1
Type Locality:  Nepal.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1836
IUCN Status:  

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. CarpodagusCardopagus.   
Synon. Chaunoproctus, Erythrina, Erythrothorax, Haematospiza, Kozlowia, Papa, Phoenicospiza, Propasser, Propyrrhula, Pyrrhospiza, Pyrrhulinota, Rubicilla, Uragus.

sipahi
Urdu sipāhi soldier, sepoy < Persian sipāh army; the “Seapoy Corythus” of Hodgson 1836 (Haematospiza).