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  2. European goldfinch - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Carduelis - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of true finch species - Wikipedia

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    European goldfinch: Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) 173 Grey-crowned goldfinch: Carduelis caniceps (Vigors, 1831) 174 Citril finch: Carduelis citrinella (Pallas, 1764) 175 Corsican finch: Carduelis corsicana (Koenig, AF, 1899) 176 Red-fronted serin: Serinus pusillus (Pallas, 1811) 177 European serin: Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) 178 ...

  5. Citril finch - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Category:Carduelis - Wikipedia

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  7. Eurasian siskin - Wikipedia

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    The siskin is easy to recognize, but in some instances it can be confused with other finches such as the citril finch, the European greenfinch or the European serin. [16] The Eurasian siskin, in many plumages, is a bright bird. Adult male Eurasian siskins are bright green and yellow with a black cap, and an unstreaked throat and breast.

  8. Distelfink - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  9. Goldfinch - Wikipedia

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    The Goldfinch (1654), by Carel Fabritius; The Goldfinch (2013) by Donna Tartt, in which Fabritius' painting features The Goldfinch (2019), based on the novel; Distelfink, a goldfinch motif in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art