Citril finch
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Carduelis |
| Species: | C. citrinella
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| Binomial name | |
| Carduelis citrinella (Pallas, 1764)
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The citril finch (Carduelis citrinella), also known as the Alpine citril finch, is a small
Fringillidae
.
This bird is a resident breeder in the mountains of southwestern Europe from Spain to the Alps. Its northernmost breeding area is found in the Black Forest of southwestern Germany.
Taxonomy
The citril finch was
conspecific with the citril finch, but is now treated as a separate species.[5] Molecular genetic studies have shown that the citril finch is closely related to the European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).[6]
Description and systematics
The citril finch has an overall length of 12 cm (4.7 in) and weighs around 12.5 g (0.44 oz).[7] It is greyish above, with a brown tinge to the back which also has black streaks. The underparts and the double wing bars are yellow. It shares with its relatives a bright face mask which in this species is also yellow.
Sexes are similar, although young females may be duller below, and juvenile birds – unlike in the European Serinus species – are brown, lacking any yellow or green in the plumage.
The
song is a silvery twittering resembling that of the European goldfinch (C. carduelis) and that of the European serin (Serinus serinus). The main call is a tee-ee, quite similar to the Eurasian siskin
(Spinus spinus).
Ecology
MHNT
The citril finch (Carduelis citrinella) differs from the Corsican finch (C. corsicana) in
bramble (Rubus).[8]
Ranging more widely than its equally common eastern relative, the citril finch is classified as a Species of
IUCN.[1]
References
- ^ . Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jnr., ed. (1968). Check-list of birds of the world, Volume 14. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 211.
- ^ Sherborn, C. Davies (1905). "The new species of birds in Vroeg's catalogue, 1764". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 47: 332–341.
- ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.3. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
- PMID 22023825.
- ^ Cramp & Perrins 1994, pp. 536, 547.
- ^ Förschler & Kalko (2006a), Förschler et al. (2006a,b)
Sources
- Clement, Peter; Harris, Alan & Davis, John (1993): Finches and Sparrows: an identification guide. ISBN 978-0-691-03424-9
- Cramp, S.; Perrins, C.M., eds. (1994). "Serinus citrinella Citril Finch". The Birds of the Western Palearctic. Vol. 8. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 536–548. ISBN 0-19-854679-3.
- Förschler, Marc Imanuel & Kalko, Elisabeth K.V. (2006a). "Breeding ecology and nest site selection in allopatric mainland Citril Finches Carduelis [citrinella] citrinella and insular Corsican Finches Carduelis [citrinella] corsicanus" (PDF). Journal of Ornithology. 147 (4): 553–564. S2CID 13188864.
- Förschler, Marc Imanuel & Kalko, Elisabeth K.V. (2006b). "Age-specific reproductive performance in Citril Finches Carduelis [citrinella]". Ardea. 94 (2): 275–279.
- Pasquet, E. & Thibault, J.-C. (1997): Genetic differences among mainland and insular forms of the Citril Finch Serinus citrinella. (HTML abstract)
- Sangster, George (2000): Genetic distance as a test of species boundaries in the Citril Finch Serinus citrinella: a critique and taxonomic reinterpretation.
- Sangster, George; Knox, Alan G.; Helbig, Andreas J. & Parkin, David T. (2002): Taxonomic recommendations for European birds.
Further reading
- Förschler, Marc Imanuel & Kalko, Elisabeth K.V. (2007): Geographical differentiation, acoustic adaptation and species boundaries in mainland citril finches and insular Corsican finches, superspecies Carduelis [citrinella]. (HTML abstract)
- Förschler, Marc I.; Senar, Juan C.; Perret, Philippe & Björklund, Mats (2009). "The species status of the Corsican Finch Carduelis corsicana assessed by three genetic markers with different rates of evolution". PMID 19249374.
- Förschler, Marc Imanuel; Borras, A.; Kalko, Elisabeth K.V.; Cabrera, J.; Cabrera, T.; Senar, J.C. (2006a). "Inter-locality variation in breeding phenology and nesting habitat of the Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella in the Catalonian Pre-Pyrenees". Ardeola. 53 (1): 115–126.
- Förschler, Marc Imanuel; Förschler, L.; Dorka, U. (2006b). "Flowering intensity of spruces Picea abies and the population dynamics of Siskins Carduelis spinus, Common Crossbills Loxia curvirostra, and Citril Finches Carduelis citrinella" (PDF). Ornis Fennica. 83 (2): 91–96.
- van den Elzen, Renate & Khoury, Fares (1999). "Systematik, phylogenetische Analyse und Biogeographie der Großgattung Serinus Koch, 1816 (Aves, Carduelidae)" [Systematics, phylogenetic analysis and biogeography of the supergenus Serinus"]. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg (in German). 215: 55–65.
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