Carduelis spinus

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 5,308 meters (0 to 17,415 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.1     Forest - Boreal   
  
•     1.4     Forest - Temperate   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.3     Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations   
  
•     14.4     Artificial/Terrestrial - Rural Gardens   
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Biology

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Carduelis spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 11-Oct-2007

Similar Species

Pine Siskin

Members of the genus Carduelis

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 50 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. ambigua (Black-Headed Greenfinch) · C. ambigua ambigua (Black-Headed Greenfinch) · C. atrata (Black Siskin) · C. atriceps (Black-Capped Siskin) · C. barbata (Black-Chinned Siskin) · C. cannabina (Eurasian Linnet) · C. cannabina cannabina (Linnet) · C. carduelis (European Goldfinch) · C. carduelis carduelis (Eurasian Goldfinch) · C. chloris (Common Greenfinch) · C. citrinella (Alpine Citril Finch) · C. corsicana (Corsican Citril Finch) · C. crassirostris (Thick-Billed Siskin) · C. crassirostris crassirostris (Thick-Billed Siskin) · C. cucullata (Red Siskin) · C. dominicensis (Antillean Siskin) · C. flammea (Holboell's Redpoll) · C. flammea cabaret (Common Redpoll) · C. flavirostris (Twite) · C. flavirostris flavirostris (Twite) · C. hornemanni (Hornemann's Redpoll) · C. hornemanni hornemanni (Hoary Redpoll) · C. johannis (Warsangli Linnet) · C. lawrencei (Lawrence's Goldfinch) · C. magellanica (Hooded Siskin) · C. magellanica magellanica (Hooded Siskin) · C. monguilloti (Vietnamese Greenfinch) · C. notata (Black-Headed Siskin) · C. notata notata (Black-Headed Siskin) · C. olivacea (Olivaceous Siskin) · C. pinus (Northern Canary Bird) · C. pinus pinus (Northern Canary Bird) · C. psaltria (Green-Backed Goldfinch) · C. psaltria psaltria (Green-Backed Goldfinch) · C. siemiradzkii (Saffron Siskin) · C. sinica (Gray-Capped Greenfinch) · C. sinica sinica (Gray-Capped Greenfinch) · C. spinescens (Andean Siskin) · C. spinescens spinescens (Andean Siskin) · C. spinoides (Yellow-Breasted Greenfinch) · C. spinoides spinoides (Yellow-Breasted Greenfinch) · C. spinus (European Siskin) · C. tristis (Black-Winged Yellow Bird) · C. tristis pallidus (American Goldfinch) · C. tristis tristis (American Goldfinch) · C. uropygialis (Yellow-Rumped Siskin) · C. xanthogastra (Yellow-Bellied Siskin) · C. xanthogastra xanthogastra (Yellow-Bellied Siskin) · C. yarrellii (Yellow-Faced Siskin) · C. yemenensis (Yemeni Linnet)

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• Zoologist. London.1843-1916 url p. 10, p. 166, p. 241, p. 338, p. 489, p. 9781.

Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2009. Carduelis spinus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 31January2012.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 11, 2007:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• The Danish Biodiversity Information Facility, Western Palearctic migrants in continental Africa
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Environment and Heritage Service - EHS Species Datasets
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Herts Bird Club - Hertfordshire Breeding Bird Atlas : 1988-1992
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7101
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-554147
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481685
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 554147
• IUCN ID: 198001
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 150169

Footnotes

1. Mean = 552.970 meters (1,814.206 feet), Standard Deviation = 843.700 based on 103,802 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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