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Carpodacus

  • Carpodacus

    The rosefinches are a genus, Carpodacus, of passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae.
    The genus name is from the Ancient Greek terms karpos, "fruit", and dakno, "to bite".

    1/ Scarlet finch (Mỏ to lưng đỏ, Carpodacus sipahi) 
    formerly placed in the monotypic genus Haematospiza.
    The species name sipahi comes from the Hindustani word sipahi for a soldier or the Anglicised form sepoy, for the red uniform worn by those in the employment of the East India Company.

    2/ Common rosefinch (Sẻ hồng mura, Carpodacus erythrinus) or scarlet rosefinch
    The specific erythrinus is from Latin erythros, "red".

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