Carpodacus Sillemi Bird

Sillem\'s Rosefinch / Carpodacus sillemi

Carpodacus Sillemi Bird

English Name:  Sillem's Rosefinch
Latin Name:  Carpodacus sillemi
Protonym:  Leucosticte sillemi Bull.Br.Orn.Club 112 p.226
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Carpodacus
Taxonomy Code:  tahmof1
Type Locality:  
Author:  Roselaar
Publish Year:  1992
IUCN Status:  Data Deficient

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.

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Jerome Alexander Sillem (1902-1986) Dutch merchant, ornithologist, collector in Central Asia 1929-1930 (Carpodacus).