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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. [5]
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 ...
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 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
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]
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 genus name Cardellina is a diminutive of the Italian dialect word Cardella for the European goldfinch. [2] ... one leading to the red-faced and another that ...