The Key to Scientific Names
- hemalayana
Himalaya Mts. < Sanskrit hima snow; alaya abode.
- himalayana / himalayanus
Himalaya Mts. < Sanskrit hima snow; ālaya abode.
- Himalayapsitta
(Psittacidae; syn. Psittacula † Slaty-headed Parakeet P. himalayana) Himalaya Mts. < Sanskrit hima snow; ālaya abode; Mod. L. psitta parrot < Gr. ψιττακος psittakos parrot; "Himalayapsitta Braun, gen. nov., feminin (Himalayapsitta himalayana, H. finschii, H. cyanocephala, H. roseata), Typusart: Psittacus himalayanus Lesson, 1831. Der Name leitet sich vom Diversitätszentrum dieser Gruppe im südlichen Himalaya ab." (Braun et al. 2016); "Himalayapsitta Braun in Braun, Bahr and Wink, 2016, Vogelwarte, 54 (4), p. 323. Type, by original designation, Psittacus himalayanus Lesson, 1832." (JAJ 2020).
- malaya / malayana / malayanus / malayensis
Malaya < Malay Melayu Malays < Melaka Malacca (a powerful mediaeval sultanate). In ornithology the name can refer either to the Malay Peninsula or the Malay Archipelago (also known as the Indian Archipelago, Malaysia or the East Indies).
- subhaemachalana / subhemachalana / subhemalacha / subhemalayana / subhemalayanus / subhemalayensis / subhimachala / subhimachalana / subhimachalus / subhimalayanus / subhimalayensis
(a) L. sub beneath; Mod. L. Hemachala Himachal or Mahabharat Ranges, Himalaya Mts. < Sanskrit hima snow; acala mountain (Laurent Raty in litt.).
(b) L. sub beneath; Himalaya Mts. < Sanskrit hima snow; ālaya abode.
● The “Subhimalayan Finch” of Hodgson 1836. “I propose that the specific name of this species should be rendered as above [subhimalayensis], to avoid confusion. Hodgson called it the “Sub-himalayan Finch;” but by giving it the unusual name of subhimachalus and afterwards that of subhemachalana, it is not surprising that subsequent writers mistook the origin of the specific name, and reduced it to subhemalacha or subhimachalana. To his original drawing he has attached the name subhemalayensis, and as this best expresses the specific signification, I propose to retain it, instead of the other ones, which are apparently varied readings of a misprint” (Sharpe 1888) (Carpodacus).
● Nepal (syn. Cisticola juncidis cursitans, syn. Milvus migrans lineatus, syn. Tichodroma muraria).
