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Carpodacus
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The rosefinches are a genus, Carpodacus, of passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae. Most are called "rosefinches" and as the word implies, have various shades of red in their plumage. The common rosefinch is frequently called the "rosefinch". The genus name is from the Ancient Greek terms karpos, "fruit", and dakno, "to bite".
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Carpodacus is a genus of birds within the family Fringillidae. It belongs to the order Passeriformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The taxon was described by Kaup in 1829 and is currently accepted. Its parent taxon is the subfamily Carduelinae.
Records for this genus are held by several institutions, including UTEP, CMNH, CAS, MZFC-FC-UNAM, and USNM. These records originate from the United States, India, China, and Mexico. The genus has 518,098 occurrences and 242 records, with 24 associated media items.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyFringillidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 242
- With media
- 24
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Collections
- UTEP, CMNH, CAS, MZFC-FC-UNAM, USNM, CUMV
- Recorded in
- United States, India, China, Mexico
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- Parent taxon
- Carduelinae
- Image
- Carpodacus roseus.jpg
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The rosefinches are a genus, Carpodacus, of passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae. Most are called "rosefinches" and as the word implies, have various shades of red in their plumage. The common rosefinch is frequently called the "rosefinch". The genus name is from the Ancient Greek terms karpos, "fruit", and dakno, "to bite".
The Carpodacus rosefinches occur throughout Eurasia, but the greatest diversity is found in the Sino-Himalayas suggesting that the species originated in this region.
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