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Sharpe's Rosefinch
Sharpe's rosefinch (''Carpodacus verreauxii'') is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in central China and far northern 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. Taxonomy and evolutionary history Until recently considered conspecific with ''Spot-winged rosefinch, C. rodopeplus'', but ''verreauxii'' differs genetically (1) and in its distinctly smaller bill (at least 2); strong, long black streaks on upperparts (1); and (in male) distinctly paler pink overall appearance vs dark and duller pink with heavy dark markings below (2); bright pink rump vs no distinct paler rump but just a few flecks of pinkish in dark rump feathers (2) (2). Monotypic. Description 15 cm. Medium-sized slim, relatively small-billed rosefinch with long, slightly notched tail. Male has fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armand David
Father Armand David (7 September 1826, Espelette – 10 November 1900, Paris) was a Lazarist missionary Catholic priest as well as a zoologist and a botanist. Several species, such as Père David's deer, are named after him — being French for Father David. Biography Born in Espelette near Bayonne, in the north of Basque Country, in Pyrénées-Atlantiques ''département'' of France, he entered the Congregation of the Mission in 1848, having already displayed great fondness for the natural sciences. Ordained in 1851, he was in 1862 sent to Peking, where he began a collection of material for a museum of natural history, mainly zoological, but in which botany, geology, and palaeontology were also well represented. At the request of the French government, important specimens from his collection were sent to Paris and aroused the greatest interest. The Jardin des Plantes commissioned him to undertake scientific journeys through China to make further collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |