Common Rosefinch Carpodacus erythrinus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (66)
- Subspecies (5)
Peter Clement and David Christie
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 11, 2016
Text last updated October 11, 2016
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Species names in eBird-supported languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | حَسَّونٌ وَرِّدٌ شائِعٌ |
| Armenian | Սովորական ոսպնուկ |
| Asturian | Picaflor carmín |
| Azerbaijani | Adi mərcimək quşu |
| Bangla (India) | লালতুতি |
| Basque | Moreta karmina |
| Bulgarian | Червена чинка |
| Catalan | pinsà carminat |
| Chinese | 普通朱雀 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 普通朱雀 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 普通朱雀 |
| Croatian | rujnica |
| Czech | hýl rudý |
| Danish | Karmindompap |
| Dutch | Roodmus |
| English | Common Rosefinch |
| English (AVI) | Common Rosefinch |
| English (United States) | Common Rosefinch |
| Estonian | karmiinleevike (harilik karmiinleevike) |
| Faroese | Roðaígða |
| Finnish | punavarpunen |
| French | Roselin cramoisi |
| Galician | Pintarroxo carmín |
| Georgian | ჩვეულებრივი კოჭობა |
| German | Karmingimpel |
| Greek | (Κοινή) Ροδόσπιζα |
| Gujarati | ગુલાબી તૂતી |
| Hebrew | ורדית אירופית |
| Hindi | सामान्य लालतूती |
| Hungarian | Karmazsinpirók |
| Icelandic | Rósafinka |
| Italian | Ciuffolotto scarlatto |
| Japanese | アカマシコ |
| Kannada | ಗುಲಾಬಿಗುಬ್ಬಿ |
| Kashmiri (India) | گۄلاب ژٔر |
| Kazakh | Құралай |
| Korean | 붉은양진이 |
| Kyrgyz | Эжеке бээ саа |
| Ladakhi | བྱིད་དམར། |
| Latvian | Mazais svilpis |
| Lithuanian | Raudongalvė sniegena |
| Malayalam | റോസ്കുരുവി |
| Marathi | गोरली |
| Mizo | Vasuih |
| Mongolian | Улаавар бужмар |
| Nepali (India) | अमोगा तितु |
| Nepali (Nepal) | अमोंगा तितु |
| Norwegian | rosenfink |
| Persian | سهره گلی |
| Polish | dziwonia |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Peito-carmim |
| Punjabi (India) | ਲਾਲ ਤੂਤੀ |
| Romanian | Mugurar roșu |
| Russian | Обыкновенная чечевица |
| Serbian | Rumenka |
| Slovak | červenák karmínový |
| Slovenian | Škrlatec |
| Spanish | Camachuelo Carminoso |
| Spanish (Spain) | Camachuelo carminoso |
| Swedish | rosenfink |
| Tajik | Наскхӯраки одӣ |
| Telugu | ఎదురు జినువాయి |
| Thai | นกจาบปีกอ่อนสีกุหลาบ |
| Turkish | Çütre |
| Ukrainian | Чечевиця євразійська |
| Welsh | llinos goch |
Carpodacus erythrinus (Pallas, 1770)
PROTONYM:
Loxia erythrina
Pallas, 1770. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14, p.587 pl.23 fig.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Volga and Samara Rivers.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- CARPODACUS
- erythrinus
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)
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Introduction
Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Carpodacus erythrinus erythrinus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
N, C and E Europe, W and C Siberia (E to Lena Basin and Sayan Mts), NW Mongolia and, in S, from NW Balkans, Romania and N Ukraine E to N Kazakhstan; winters in N India, lowland Nepal, Bhutan, N Myanmar and NW Thailand.
Carpodacus erythrinus erythrinus (Pallas, 1770)
PROTONYM:
Loxia erythrina
Pallas, 1770. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperialis Petropolitanae 14, p.587 pl.23 fig.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Volga and Samara Rivers.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- CARPODACUS
- erythrinus
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 erythrinus grebnitskii Scientific name definitions
Distribution
E Siberia and Russian Far East (Verkhoyanskiy Range and Kolyma Basin E to Chukotka and Kamchatka, S to L Baikal area, Amurland and N Ussuriland), N Mongolia, NE China (Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang) and N Sakhalin; winters in SE and S China S to N Thailand and N Vietnam.
Carpodacus erythrinus grebnitskii Stejneger, 1885
PROTONYM:
Carpodacus erythrinus grebnitskii
Stejneger, 1885. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 29, p.265.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Petropavlovsk, Kamchatka.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- CARPODACUS
- erythrinus
- grebnitskii / grebnitzkii
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 erythrinus kubanensis Scientific name definitions
Distribution
N and E Turkey, Caucasus and N and NE Iran; winters to N India.
Carpodacus erythrinus kubanensis Laubmann, 1915
PROTONYM:
Carpodacus erythrinus kubanensis
Laubmann, 1915. Verhandlungen der Ornithologischen Gesellschaft in Bayern 12, p.93.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Karaul Kisha, Kuban district, northwestern Caucasus.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- CARPODACUS
- erythrinus
- kubanensis
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 erythrinus ferghanensis Scientific name definitions
Distribution
mountains of E and SE Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and W China (W Xinjiang) S to Afghanistan, W Pakistan and NW Himalayas (E to Kashmir); winters to NW India.
Carpodacus erythrinus ferghanensis (Kozlova, 1939)
PROTONYM:
Erythrina erythrina ferghanensis
Kozlova, 1939. Byulleten' Moskovskogo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii 48, p.63.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Shah-dara, Tadzhikistan.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- CARPODACUS
- erythrinus
- ferghanensis
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 erythrinus roseatus Scientific name definitions
Distribution
C and E Himalayas from Ladakh E to NE India (probably to Arunachal Pradesh), possibly also N Myanmar, and Tibetan Plateau E to C and S China (Qinghai E to SW Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, W Guizhou and NW Yunnan); winters in India E to Myanmar, NW and C Thailand, N Laos and NW Vietnam (W Tonkin) and S and SE China.
Carpodacus erythrinus roseatus (Blyth, 1842)
PROTONYM:
Pyrrhula roseata
Blyth, 1842. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 11, pt.1, no.125, p.461,text.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'sold ... in Calcutta.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2025
Definitions
- CARPODACUS
- erythrinus
- roseata / roseatus
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)
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Distribution of the Common Rosefinch
