Sharpe's rosefinch

Sharpe's rosefinch
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Carpodacus
Species: C. verreauxii
Binomial name
Carpodacus verreauxii
(David and Oustalet, 1877)

Sharpe's rosefinch (Carpodacus verreauxii), is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in China, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the spot-winged rosefinch.

The common name commemorates the British zoologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe.[1]

References

  1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 309.
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