Scarlet Finch
Carpodacus sipahi(Hodgson, BH, 1836)
English (US) Scarlet Finch
The Scarlet Finch (Carpodacus sipahi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Himalayas (Nepal to southwestern China, Myanmar, northern Laos, and northern Vietnam)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Carpodacus sipahi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Scarlet Finch
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Corythus sipahi
- Described by
- (Hodgson, BH, 1836)
- Type locality
- Nepal.
- Original description
- Asiatic Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for enquiring into the history, the antiquities, the arts and sciences, and literature of Asia 19 p.151
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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