Dark-breasted Rosefinch Procarduelis nipalensis Scientific name definitions
Peter Clement
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2010
Text last updated January 1, 2010
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | pinsà rosat dorsifosc |
Chinese (SIM) | 暗胸朱雀 |
Dutch | Donkere Roodmus |
English | Dark-breasted Rosefinch |
English (United States) | Dark-breasted Rosefinch |
French | Roselin sombre |
French (France) | Roselin sombre |
German | Nepalgimpel |
Japanese | クリムネアカマシコ |
Norwegian | magentafink |
Polish | himalajówka |
Russian | Чечевицевый вьюрок |
Serbian | Tamnogruda rumenka |
Slovak | horniačka tmavoprsá |
Spanish | Camachuelo Oscuro |
Spanish (Spain) | Camachuelo oscuro |
Swedish | mörk rosenfink |
Thai | นกจาบปีกอ่อนสีชมพูคล้ำ |
Turkish | Maun Göğüslü Çütre |
Ukrainian | Чечевиця тонкодзьоба |
Procarduelis nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)
PROTONYM:
Carduelis nipalensis
Hodgson, 1836. Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19, p.157.
TYPE LOCALITY:
central and northern Nepal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PROCARDUELIS
- nipalense / nipalensis
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)
Field Identification
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Geographical variation largely clinal, plumage becoming darker from W to E; race intensicolor sometimes synonymized with nominate. Three subspecies recognized.Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Procarduelis nipalensis kangrae Scientific name definitions
Distribution
W Himalayas in N India (Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, perhaps Kashmir).
Procarduelis nipalensis kangrae Whistler, 1939
PROTONYM:
Procarduelis nipalensis kangrae
Whistler, 1939. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 60, p.16.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Dharmsala, Kangra, northern Punjab.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PROCARDUELIS
- nipalense / nipalensis
- kangrae
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
Procarduelis nipalensis nipalensis Scientific name definitions
Distribution
C and E Himalayas from W Nepal E to NE India (E to NE Arunachal Pradesh) and S and SE Tibet.
Procarduelis nipalensis nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)
PROTONYM:
Carduelis nipalensis
Hodgson, 1836. Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19, p.157.
TYPE LOCALITY:
central and northern Nepal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PROCARDUELIS
- nipalense / nipalensis
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
Procarduelis nipalensis intensicolor Scientific name definitions
Distribution
SC China (S Gansu, W Sichuan and NW Yunnan), N Myanmar and, status uncertain, NW Vietnam (W Tonkin); rare winter visitor to E Myanmar and NW Thailand.
Procarduelis nipalensis intensicolor Baker, 1925
PROTONYM:
Procarduelis nipalensis intensicolor
Baker, 1925. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 45, p.92.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Mekong-Salwin Divide, northern Yunnan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PROCARDUELIS
- nipalense / nipalensis
- intensicolor
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)
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.