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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.
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.
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 ...
The name Fringillidae for the finch family was introduced in 1819 by the English zoologist William Elford Leach in a guide to the contents of the British Museum. [3] [4] The taxonomy of the family, in particular the cardueline finches, has a long and complicated history.
European goldfinch This page was last edited on 28 March 2013, at 10:48 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
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.
Giant wood rail: Aramides ypecaha (Vieillot, 1819) 15 Red-winged wood rail: Aramides calopterus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1878: 16 Slaty-breasted wood rail: Aramides saracura (Spix, 1825) 17 Ridgway's rail: Rallus obsoletus Ridgway, 1874: 18 Clapper rail: Rallus crepitans Gmelin, JF, 1789: 19 Aztec rail: Rallus tenuirostris Ridgway, 1874: 20 ...