Carduelis

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Carduelis
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The European goldfinch belongs to a group of red- or yellow-faced species
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Carduelis
Brisson, 1760
Type species
Fringilla carduelis [1]
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

3, see text

The genus Carduelis [2] is a group of birds in the finch family Fringillidae.

Contents

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]

The polyphyletic nature of the genus was confirmed by Dario Zuccon and coworkers in a comprehensive study of the finch family published in 2012. The authors suggested splitting the genus into several monophyletic clades, a proposal that was accepted by the International Ornithologists' Union. [6] The siskins and goldfinches from the Americas formed a distinct clade and were moved to the resurrected genus Spinus , the greenfinches were moved to the genus Chloris , the twite and linnets formed another clade and were moved to the genus Linaria and finally the redpolls were moved to the genus Acanthis . [7]

Species

The genus Carduelis is now restricted to three European species: [7]

Genus Carduelis Brisson, 1760 – three species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
European goldfinch

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Carduelis carduelis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Fourteen subspecies
  • C. c. balcanica Sachtleben, 1919 southeastern European
  • C. c. brevirostris Zarudny, 1890 Crimea, the northern Caucasus
  • C. c. britannica (Hartert, 1903) the British Isles
  • C. c. carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) most of the European mainland, Scandinavia
  • C. c. colchica Koudashev, 1915 Crimea and the northern Caucasus
  • C. c. frigoris Wolters, 1953 western Siberia
  • C. c. niediecki Reichenow, 1907 southwest Asia (Rhodes, Karpathos, Cyprus, Egypt to Asia Minor, North Iraq, Southwest Iran, Northeast Africa
  • C. c. parva Tschusi, 1901 the Atlantic Macaronesic islands (the Canary Islands, Madeira), Iberia, northwest Africa
  • C. c. tschusii Arrigoni degli Oddi, 1902 Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily
  • C. c. volgensis Buturlin, 1906 southern Ukraine, southwestern Russia and northwestern Kazakhstan
  • C. c. caniceps Vigors, 1831 southern central Asia (W Himalayas - Kashmir to Nepal and West Tibet)
  • C. c. paropanisi Kollibay, 1910 Afghanistan to the western Himalaya and Tien Shan Mountains
  • C. c. subulata (Gloger, 1833) south-central Siberia to Lake Baikal and Northwest Mongolia
  • C. c. ultima Koelz, 1949 southern Iran
Europe, North Africa and western Asia.
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Citril finch

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Carduelis citrinella
(Pallas, 1764)
Europe from Spain to the AlpsSize:

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Corsican finch

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Carduelis corsicana
(Koenig, 1899)
Corsica and on the Italian islands of Sardinia, Elba, Capraia and GorgonaSize:

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References

  1. "Fringillidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. From Latin carduus , "thistle". Thistle seeds are a favorite food of many species.
  3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jnr., ed. (1968). Check-list of birds of the world, Volume 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 234.
  4. Brisson, Mathurin Jacques. Ornithologie (in Latin and French). Paris. Volume 1 p. 36; Volume 3 p. 53.
  5. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. p.  91. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
  6. Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (2): 581–596. Bibcode:2012MolPE..62..581Z. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002. PMID   22023825.
  7. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.