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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 [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 ...
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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 ...
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
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 .
A European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) The painting shows a life-size European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) on top of a feeder—a blue container with a lid, enclosed by two wooden half-rings fixed to the wall. The bird is perched on the upper ring, to which its leg is attached by a fine chain.