Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 [2] is a group of birds in the finch family Fringillidae.. 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.
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 ...
English. Read; Edit; View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... European goldfinch This page was last edited on 28 March 2013, at 10:48 (UTC ...
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.
The Goldfinch (2013) by Donna Tartt, in which Fabritius' painting features The Goldfinch (film) (2019), based on the novel Distelfink , a goldfinch motif in Pennsylvania Dutch folk art
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.
The European goldfinch has Christological importance. It commonly symbolizes the Passion of Christ [6] and his Crucifixion. [7] It was during the Renaissance that the Goldfinch was assigned these meanings because of its biblical connections with Jesus Christ. [8] It was expressed in paintings like the Madonna and Child, and stories of the ...