Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus Scientific name definitions
- Names (27)
- Subspecies (2)
Peter Clement
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 26, 2013
Text last updated June 26, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bangla (India) | সুন্দরী তুতি |
| Bulgarian | Хималайска червена чинка |
| Catalan | pinsà rosat superb |
| Chinese (SIM) | 红眉朱雀 (喜山红眉朱雀) |
| Croatian | prugastoleđa rujnica |
| Dutch | Himalayaprachtroodmus |
| English | Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch |
| English (AVI) | Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch |
| English (United States) | Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch |
| Estonian | mägi-karmiinleevike |
| Finnish | vuoripunavarpunen |
| French | Roselin superbe |
| French (Canada) | Roselin superbe |
| German | Schmuckgimpel |
| Japanese | ヒマラヤコウザンマシコ |
| Mongolian | Бүлхрээ бужмар |
| Nepali (Nepal) | झिबी तितु |
| Norwegian | ametystfink |
| Polish | dziwonia różana |
| Russian | Серебристая чечевица |
| Serbian | Himalajska lepa rumenka |
| Slovak | červenák pôvabný |
| Spanish | Camachuelo Bonito del Himalaya |
| Spanish (Spain) | Camachuelo bonito del Himalaya |
| Swedish | praktrosenfink |
| Turkish | Himalaya Gülbeden Çütresi |
| Ukrainian | Чечевиця гімалайська |
Carpodacus pulcherrimus (Moore, 1856)
PROTONYM:
Propasser pulcherrimus
Moore, 1856. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 23 (1855), no.297, p.216.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nepal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CARPODACUS
- pulcherrima / pulcherrimus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Originally Appeared in
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Introduction
Taxonomic note: Split. This account was originally published under a single species in HBW Alive, but in Birds of the World it covers multiple species. We present that original content here, with the goal of developing a more refined species account for this taxon moving forward. Please consider contributing your expertise to update this account.
Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Carpodacus pulcherrimus pulcherrimus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
C Himalayas from N India (Himachal Pradesh) E to S Tibet and (perhaps nonbreeding) Bhutan.
Carpodacus pulcherrimus pulcherrimus (Moore, 1856)
PROTONYM:
Propasser pulcherrimus
Moore, 1856. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 23 (1855), no.297, p.216.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Nepal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CARPODACUS
- pulcherrima / pulcherrimus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
SUBSPECIES
Carpodacus pulcherrimus argyrophrys Scientific name definitions
Distribution
W and SW Mongolia and N and WC China (W Inner Mongolia and Ningxia, S to E Qinghai, NE Tibet, N and W Sichuan and NW Yunnan).
Carpodacus pulcherrimus argyrophrys Berlioz, 1929
PROTONYM:
Carpodacus argyrophrys
Berlioz, 1929. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 2e Série, Tome 1, no. 2, p.131.
TYPE LOCALITY:
based on Erythrina davidiana Bangs and Peters, 1928, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 68, p. 374, preoccupied by Carpodacus Davidianus Milne-Edwards, 1866 no type locality ; Mt. Lieuhoashan, between Choni and Titao, Kansu, designated by Bangs, in Peters, 1943, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 92, p. 99.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CARPODACUS
- pulcherrima / pulcherrimus
- argyrophrys
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch
Map last updated 17 April 2025.
