Common Rosefinch

Common Rosefinch / Carpodacus erythrinus

Common Rosefinch

Here the details of the Common Rosefinch named bird below:

SCI Name:  Carpodacus erythrinus
Protonym:  Loxia erythrina NoviCommen.Acad.Sci.Imp.Petrop. 14 p.587 pl.23 fig.1
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae /
Taxonomy Code:  comros
Type Locality:  Volga and Samara Rivers.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1770
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.

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.