European Goldfinch

SCI Name:  Carduelis carduelis
Protonym:  Fringilla carduelis Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.180
Taxonomy:  Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Carduelis
Taxonomy Code:  eurgol
Type Locality:  Europe ; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1903, Vogel pal. Fauna, p. 67.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

DEFINITIONS

CARDUELIS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ European Goldfinch C. carduelis) L. carduelis  goldfinch  < carduus or cardus  thistle; "Genus Carduelis.  Le genre du Chardonneret.  ...  Les Chardonnerets volent en troupe. On les voit en hiver sur les têtes de chardons, dont ils mangent les graines." (Brisson 1760): based on "Carduelis" of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and numerous other authors, "Aurivittis" of Gessner 1555 and Charleton 1668, "Zena" of Belon 1555, "Cardello" of Olina 1622, "Chrysomitris" of Charleton 1668, "Astragalinus" of Rzaczynski 1721, and "Carduelis vulgaris" of Linnaeus 1748; "Carduelis Brisson, 1760, Ornithologie, 1, p. 36; 3, p. 53. Type, by tautonymy, "Carduelis" = Fringilla carduelis Linnaeus." (Howell & Paynter in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 234).
Var. Cardulis, Cardvelis, Cardualis.
Synon. Chloroptyla, Citrinella.

carduelis
L. carduelis  goldfinch  < carduus or cardus  thistle; ex “Carduelis” of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599, Jonston 1653, and Willughby 1676, “Gold-Finch” or “Thistle-Finch” of Ray 1713, and “Fringilla remigibus antrorsum luteis: extima immaculata, rectricibus duabus extimis medio reliquisque apice albis” of Linnaeus 1746 (Carduelis).

CARDUELIS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ European Goldfinch C. carduelis) L. carduelis  goldfinch  < carduus or cardus  thistle; "Genus Carduelis.  Le genre du Chardonneret.  ...  Les Chardonnerets volent en troupe. On les voit en hiver sur les têtes de chardons, dont ils mangent les graines." (Brisson 1760): based on "Carduelis" of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and numerous other authors, "Aurivittis" of Gessner 1555 and Charleton 1668, "Zena" of Belon 1555, "Cardello" of Olina 1622, "Chrysomitris" of Charleton 1668, "Astragalinus" of Rzaczynski 1721, and "Carduelis vulgaris" of Linnaeus 1748; "Carduelis Brisson, 1760, Ornithologie, 1, p. 36; 3, p. 53. Type, by tautonymy, "Carduelis" = Fringilla carduelis Linnaeus." (Howell & Paynter in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 234).
Var. Cardulis, Cardvelis, Cardualis.
Synon. Chloroptyla, Citrinella.

carduelis
L. carduelis  goldfinch  < carduus or cardus  thistle; ex “Carduelis” of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599, Jonston 1653, and Willughby 1676, “Gold-Finch” or “Thistle-Finch” of Ray 1713, and “Fringilla remigibus antrorsum luteis: extima immaculata, rectricibus duabus extimis medio reliquisque apice albis” of Linnaeus 1746 (Carduelis).

SUBSPECIES

European Goldfinch (European)
SCI Name: Carduelis carduelis [carduelis Group]
CARDUELIS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ European Goldfinch C. carduelis) L. carduelis  goldfinch  < carduus or cardus  thistle; "Genus Carduelis.  Le genre du Chardonneret.  ...  Les Chardonnerets volent en troupe. On les voit en hiver sur les têtes de chardons, dont ils mangent les graines." (Brisson 1760): based on "Carduelis" of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and numerous other authors, "Aurivittis" of Gessner 1555 and Charleton 1668, "Zena" of Belon 1555, "Cardello" of Olina 1622, "Chrysomitris" of Charleton 1668, "Astragalinus" of Rzaczynski 1721, and "Carduelis vulgaris" of Linnaeus 1748; "Carduelis Brisson, 1760, Ornithologie, 1, p. 36; 3, p. 53. Type, by tautonymy, "Carduelis" = Fringilla carduelis Linnaeus." (Howell & Paynter in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 234).
Var. Cardulis, Cardvelis, Cardualis.
Synon. Chloroptyla, Citrinella.

European Goldfinch (Eastern)
SCI Name: Carduelis carduelis [caniceps Group]
CARDUELIS
(Fringillidae; Ϯ European Goldfinch C. carduelis) L. carduelis  goldfinch  < carduus or cardus  thistle; "Genus Carduelis.  Le genre du Chardonneret.  ...  Les Chardonnerets volent en troupe. On les voit en hiver sur les têtes de chardons, dont ils mangent les graines." (Brisson 1760): based on "Carduelis" of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and numerous other authors, "Aurivittis" of Gessner 1555 and Charleton 1668, "Zena" of Belon 1555, "Cardello" of Olina 1622, "Chrysomitris" of Charleton 1668, "Astragalinus" of Rzaczynski 1721, and "Carduelis vulgaris" of Linnaeus 1748; "Carduelis Brisson, 1760, Ornithologie, 1, p. 36; 3, p. 53. Type, by tautonymy, "Carduelis" = Fringilla carduelis Linnaeus." (Howell & Paynter in Peters, 1968, XIV, p. 234).
Var. Cardulis, Cardvelis, Cardualis.
Synon. Chloroptyla, Citrinella.