Vinaceous Rosefinch
Vinaceous Rosefinch
Here the details of the Vinaceous Rosefinch named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Carpodacus vinaceus Nouv.Arch.Mus.Hist.Nat.Bull. 6(1870) p.39
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Carpodacus
Taxonomy Code: vinros2
Type Locality: mountains of Chinese Tibet [= ? Ho-pa-tchang, north of Chengtu, Szechwan, vide Verreaux, 1872, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. [Paris], 7 (1871), bull., p. 62].
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.
vinaceus
L. vinaceus of wine, vinaceous < vinum, vini wine.
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)