#1217 · 🐦 birds

Citril Finch

🇳🇱 Citroensijs ·Carduelis citrinella

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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what is it?

The citril finch ( Carduelis citrinella ), also known as the Alpine citril finch , is a small songbird, a member of the true finch family Fringillidae. For a long time, this cardueline finch was placed in the genus Serinus , but it is apparently very closely related to the European goldfinch ( C. carduelis ).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,182iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
1,182 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 (262 years ago).