European Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis Scientific name definitions
- Names (48)
- Subspecies (14)
Guy M. Kirwan, Nárgila Moura, and Peter Clement
Version: 1.1 — Published December 22, 2023
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Albanian | Gardalina |
Arabic | حسون أوروبي |
Armenian | Կարմրակատար |
Asturian | Xilgueru europñu |
Azerbaijani | Qanqal hörücüsü |
Basque | Kardantxiloa |
Bulgarian | Щиглец |
Catalan | cadernera europea |
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 紅額金翅雀 |
Chinese (SIM) | 红额金翅雀 |
Croatian | češljugar |
Czech | stehlík obecný |
Danish | Stillits |
Dutch | Putter |
English | European Goldfinch |
English (United States) | European Goldfinch |
Faroese | Fagurígða |
Finnish | tikli |
French | Chardonneret élégant |
French (France) | Chardonneret élégant |
Galician | Xílgaro común |
German | Stieglitz |
Greek | Καρδερίνα |
Hebrew | חוחית |
Hungarian | Tengelice |
Icelandic | Þistilfinka |
Italian | Cardellino |
Japanese | ゴシキヒワ |
Latvian | Dadzītis |
Lithuanian | Dagilis |
Mongolian | Бор бужирга |
Norwegian | stillits |
Persian | سهره طلایی |
Polish | szczygieł |
Portuguese (Brazil) | pintassilgo-europeu |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Pintassilgo |
Romanian | Sticlete |
Russian | Щегол |
Serbian | Češljugar |
Slovak | stehlík obyčajný |
Slovenian | Lišček |
Spanish | Jilguero Europeo |
Spanish (Argentina) | Cardelino |
Spanish (Spain) | Jilguero europeo |
Spanish (Uruguay) | Cardelino |
Swedish | steglits |
Turkish | Saka |
Ukrainian | Щиглик звичайний |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan and Nárgila Moura revised and standardized the account with Clements taxonomy. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media.
Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla carduelis
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.180.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe ; restricted to Sweden by Hartert, 1903, Vogel pal. Fauna, p. 67.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CARDUELIS
- carduelis
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)