Crimson-browed finch

The crimson-browed finch (Carpodacus subhimachalus) is a true finch species (family Fringillidae). It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate shrubland.

Female of the species from Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary, Arunachal Pradesh.

Crimson-browed finch
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	Carpodacus
Species:	C. subhimachalus
Binomial name
Carpodacus subhimachalus (Hodgson, 1836)
Synonyms
Pinicola subhimachalus Propyrrhula subhimachala

This is a large finch with a large short bill. The male has a crimson red head and throat. The female has a yellow head and throat.^[2]

The species was described by the British naturalist Brian Houghton Hodgson in 1836 under the binomial name Corythus subhimachalus.^[3] The species name subhimachalus combines the Latin sub meaning 'beneath' and the Hindi word himachal meaning snow.^[4] The crimson-browed finch was formerly placed in the genus Pinicola but was moved to the rosefinch genus Carpodacus based on the results from the phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.^[5][6]

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Carpodacus subhimachalus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22720628A132003315. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720628A132003315.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Clement, P. "Crimson-browed Finch (Propyrrhula subhimachala)". In del Hoyo, J; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. doi:10.2173/bow.crbfin3.01. S2CID 216324508. Retrieved 24 August 2015.(subscription required)
3. Hodgson, Brian Houghton (1836). "Notices of the ornithology of Nepal: New species of the thick billed finches". Asiatic Researches. 19: 152.
4. Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 371. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
6. Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (2): 581–596. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002. PMID 22023825.