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The Goldfinch or European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1659x1435, 506 KB) Stieglitz (Carduelis Carduelis) in Konstanz/Baden-Württemberg/Deutschland am 24. ...
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Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ...
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Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ...
Genera Many, see text Finches are passerine birds, often seed-eating, found chiefly in the northern hemisphere and Africa. ...
Species Many, see text The genus Carduelis is a large group of birds in the finch family Fringillidae. ...
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Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as , (May 23[], 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist[1] who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. ...
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Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ...
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Genera Many, see text Finches are passerine birds, often seed-eating, found chiefly in the northern hemisphere and Africa. ...
Range
It breeds across Europe, north Africa, and western and central Asia, in open, partially wooded lowlands. It is resident in the milder west of its range, but migrates from colder regions. It will also make local movements, even in the west, to escape bad weather. It has been introduced to many areas of the world (Snow and Perrins 1998). This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ...
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Flock of Barnacle Geese during autumn migration Many species of birds undertake seasonal journeys of various lengths, a phenomenon known as Bird migration. ...
Appearance
 Feeding on thistles - note thistledown in bill It is 12-13 cm long with a wingspan of 21-25 cm and a weight of 14 to 19 grams. The sexes are alike, with a red face, black and white head, warm brown upperparts, white underparts with buff flanks and breast patches, and black and yellow wings. The ivory-coloured bill is long and pointed, and the tail is forked. Juveniles have a plain head and a greyer back but are unmistakable due to the yellow wing stripe. Birds in central Asia (caniceps group) have a plain grey head behind the red face, lacking the black and white head pattern of European and western Asian birds. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (992x765, 221 KB) Carduelis carduelis - photo MPF St Marys Wetland, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, UK; 8 August 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: European Goldfinch ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (992x765, 221 KB) Carduelis carduelis - photo MPF St Marys Wetland, Whitley Bay, Northumberland, UK; 8 August 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: European Goldfinch ...
Milk thistle flowerhead Thistledown a method of seed dispersal by wind. ...
Taxonomy The species is divided into two major groups, each comprising several races. The two groups intergrade at their boundary, so the caniceps group is not recognised as a distinct species despite its readily distinguishable plumage. - Carduelis carduelis carduelis group.
- Carduelis carduelis balcanica. Southeastern Europe.
- Carduelis carduelis brevirostris. Crimea, north Caucasus.
- Carduelis carduelis brittanica. British Isles.
- Carduelis carduelis carduelis. Most of European mainland, Scandinavia.
- Carduelis carduelis loudoni. South Caucasus, Iran.
- Carduelis carduelis major. Western Siberia.
- Carduelis carduelis niediecki. Southwest Asia, northeast Africa.
- Carduelis carduelis parva. Atlantic Islands, Iberia, northwest Africa.
- Carduelis carduelis tschusii. Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily.
- Carduelis carduelis caniceps group.
- Carduelis carduelis caniceps. Southern central Asia.
- Carduelis carduelis paropanisi. Afghanistan to western Himalaya and Tien Shan.
- Carduelis carduelis subulata. South-central Siberia.
Behaviour The food is small seeds such as thistles (the Latin name is from carduus, thistle) and teasels, but insects are also taken when feeding young. It also regularly visits bird feeders in winter. They nest in the outer twigs of tall leafy trees, laying four to six eggs which hatch in 11-14 days. Milk thistle flowerhead Thistledown a method of seed dispersal by wind. ...
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In the winter they group together to form flocks of up to about 40 birds, occasionally more.
The song is a pleasant silvery twittering. The call is a melodic tickeLIT, and the song is a pleasant tinkling medley of trills and twiters, but always including the trisyllabic call phrase or a teLLIT-teLLIT-teLLIT.
In earlier times, the Goldfinch was kept as a cagebird for its song. Escapes from captivity and deliberate releases have colonised southeastern Australia and New Zealand.
Symbolism Because of the thorns and thistles it eats and nests in, in Christian symbolism the goldfinch is associated with the Passion and Christ's Crown of Thorns. The goldfinch, appearing in pictures of the Madonna and the Christ Child, represents the foreknowledge Jesus and Mary had of the Crucifixion.In Barocci’s ‘Holy Family’ a goldfinch is held in the hand of John the Baptist who holds it high out of reach of an interested cat. In Cima da Conegliano’s ‘Madonna and Child’, a goldfinch flutters in the hand of the Christ Child. It is also an emblem of endurance, fruitfulness, and persistence. Because it symbolizes the Passion, the goldfinch is considered a "saviour" bird and may be pictured with the common fly (which represents the sin and disease which Christ saved us from). During medieval times, this bird was used by some as a charm to ward off the plague.[1] Christ is the English translation of the Greek word (Christós), which literally means The Anointed One. ...
Annunciation (1592-96) Oil on canvas, Santa Maria degli Angeli, Perugia. ...
Icon depiction of Jesus baptism by the hand of John, Jordan River, Jordan The excavated remains of the baptism site in Bethany beyond the Jordan John the Baptist (also called John the Baptiser, or Yahya the Baptiser) was a 1st century Jewish preacher and ascetic regarded as a prophet by...
The Presentation of the Virgin Annunciation (1495). ...
References - BirdLife International (2004). Carduelis carduelis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Clement, P., Harris, A., & Davis, J. (1993). Finches & Sparrows. Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-8017-2.
- Snow, D. W. & Perrins, C. M. (1998). The Birds of the Western Palearctic concise ed. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-854099-X.
- Svensson, L. (1992). Identification Guide to European Passerines. ISBN 91-630-1118-2.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species. ...
The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ...
External links - European Goldfinch Species Profile on Finchinfo.com
- Information on European Goldfinches being reported in the U.S. Midwestern states; includes request for sightings.
- European Goldfinch videos on the Internet Bird Collection
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