Carpodacus Vinaceus Bird

Carpodacus Vinaceus Bird

Carpodacus Vinaceus Bird

English Name:  Vinaceous Rosefinch
Latin Name:  Carpodacus vinaceus
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. CarpodagusCardopagus.   
Synon. Chaunoproctus, Erythrina, Erythrothorax, Haematospiza, Kozlowia, Papa, Phoenicospiza, Propasser, Propyrrhula, Pyrrhospiza, Pyrrhulinota, Rubicilla, Uragus.

vinaceus
L. vinaceus  of wine, vinaceous  < vinum, vini  wine.