Himalayan Beautiful Rosefinch Carpodacus pulcherrimus Scientific name definitions

Propasser pulcherrimus Moore, 1856, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 23(1855):216. Type locality given as "Himalaya" (7 Moore, F. (1856). Notice of some new species of birds. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 23(1855):215-217 Close ).

Central Himalayas from northern India (Himachal Pradesh) east to southern Tibet and (perhaps nonbreeding) Bhutan.

Described under Plumages.

Carpodacus argyrophrys Berlioz, 1929, Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 2(1):131. No type locality given by Berlioz (8 Berlioz, M. J. (1929). Notes critiques et synonymiques sur des oiseaux du genre Roselin, Carpodacus (Passeriformes-Fringillidés). Bulletin du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle 2(1):129-132 Close ), but "Kansu: Mt. Lieuhoashan (between Choni and Titao)" designated as the type locality by Bangs (in 9 Peters, J. L. (1943). First supplement to the list of types of birds now in the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy 92:53–118. Close ).

Western China (southern Xinjiang to eastern Qinghai, northeastern Tibet, Gansu, northern and western Sichuan).

Male is similar to nominate, but longer-winged and brighter, more vinaceous, with paler streaks on upperparts.