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Carduelis
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The genus Carduelis is a group of birds in the finch family Fringillidae.
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Carduelis is a genus of birds within the family Fringillidae. It belongs to the order Passeriformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata in the kingdom Animalia. The scientific name is Carduelis Brisson, 1760, and the taxon is accepted at the rank of genus.
Records for this genus are held by institutions including UCLA, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UNSM, and UBCBBM. These records document occurrences in Nicaragua, Belgium, the United States, and Mexico. The genus is referenced by 399 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 26 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, Gbif Occ, WoRMS, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Carduelis
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyFringillidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 596
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Collections
- UCLA, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UNSM, UBCBBM
- Recorded in
- Nicaragua, Belgium, United States, Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Carduelinae
- Image
- Carduelis carduelis1.jpg
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- Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary
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- genus
- taxon name
- Carduelis
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- Carduelis
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- Category:Carduelis
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- Carduelis
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
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