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The European goldfinch or simply the goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is a small passerine bird in the finch family that is native to Europe, North Africa and western and central Asia. It has been introduced to other areas, including Australia, New Zealand, Uruguay and the United States.
The genus Carduelis was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 by tautonomy based on Carl Linnaeus's specific epithet for the European goldfinch Fringilla carduelis. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The name carduelis is the Latin word for the European goldfinch.
Two-barred crossbill: Loxia leucoptera Gmelin, JF, 1789: 169 Hispaniolan crossbill: Loxia megaplaga Riley, 1916: 170 Indonesian serin: Chrysocorythus estherae (Finsch, 1902) 171 Mindanao serin: Chrysocorythus mindanensis (Ripley & Rabor, 1961) 172 European goldfinch: Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) 173 Grey-crowned goldfinch: Carduelis ...
Carduelis – 3 species including the European goldfinch; Serinus – 8 species including the European serin; Spinus – 20 species including the North American goldfinches and the Eurasian siskin; Subfamily Euphoniinae. Euphonia – 27 species all with euphonia in their English name; Chlorophonia – 5 species all with chlorophonia in their ...
The citril finch was formally described by the German zoologist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 under the binomial name Fringilla citrinella. [2] [3] The current genus name Carduelis is the Latin word for the European goldfinch, and the specific epithet citrinella is the Italian word for a small yellow bird.
Although it shares a name with the European goldfinch, the two are in separate genera and are not closely related. [5] Carduelis is derived from carduus, the Latin word for 'thistle'; the species name tristis is Latin for 'sorrowful'. [6] There are four recognized subspecies of the American goldfinch: [7]
An ornate Taufschein, or baptismal certificate, bordered by two distelfinks. A distelfink is a stylized goldfinch, probably based on the European variety. [1] It frequently appears in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art. [2] It represents happiness and good fortune and the Pennsylvania German people, and is a common theme in hex signs and in fraktur.
The goldfinch is a widespread and common seed-eating bird in Europe, North Africa, and western and central Asia. [9] As a colourful species with a pleasant twittering song, and an associated belief that it brought health and good fortune, [ 10 ] it had been domesticated for at least 2,000 years. [ 11 ]