Carduelis

Carduelis
Carduelis carduelis 1.jpg
The European goldfinch belongs to a group of red- or yellow-faced species
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Carduelis
Brisson, 1760
Species

3, see text

The genus Carduelis 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. The name carduelis is the Latin word for the European goldfinch.

Many bird species were at one time assigned to the genus, but it became clear from phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences that the genus was polyphyletic. 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. 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.

Species

The genus Carduelis is now restricted to three European species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Carduelis carduelis close up.jpg Carduelis carduelis European goldfinch Europe, North Africa and western Asia.
Carduelis citrinella.jpg Carduelis citrinella Citril finch Europe from Spain to the Alps
Corsican Finch - Corsica - France 332 (22621613158).jpg Carduelis corsicana Corsican finch Corsica and on the Italian islands of Sardinia, Elba, Capraia and Gorgona

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