eurasian goldfinch

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PAKHI DEKHUN PAKHI CHINUN # 470 (Observe the Bird and recognize)..EURASIAN GOLD FINCH...[From a Photograph of MR.SOUMYAJIT NANDY] ... WATERCOLOUR ...A4...2015... The genus Carduelis is a group of birds in the finch family Fringillidae. It formerly included the greenfinches, redpolls, crossbills, American goldfinches, and the non-African siskins before they were split into separate genera. No species of this group ranges far into Africa (where they are replaced by the related genus Serinus), and the centers of evolution were probably Eurasia and North America, with a secondary radiation in the Neotropics. European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis (protonym, Fringilla Carduelis), Linnaeus, 1758, also known as the Eurasian goldfinch, British goldfinch, eastern goldfinch, grey-crowned goldfinch, or simply as the goldfinch. This widely-ranging species is divided into two major groups -- a small Asian group, and a much larger European/African group -- based on distinct plumage patterns and colours. The two groups, which comprise a number of recognisable subspecies, intergrade at their range boundaries, so they are not considered to be species.