#1240 · 🐦 birds

Corsican Finch

🇳🇱 Corsicaanse Citroensijs ·Carduelis corsicana

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
2. © Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
3. © Riccardo Molajoli · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © lorenzodotti · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Antonio Arnaiz-Villena, Valentin Ruiz-del-Valle · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Quenza:© thibautbagni · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 20112 Altagène, France:© Karen-Alexandra Panzani · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Golfo di Orosei e del Gennargentu, IT-NR, Sardegna, IT:© FrancescaMarsilli_FilippoRigodanza · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 20171 Monacia-d'Aullène, France:© Matthieu Gauvain · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Provincia di Livorno, Italia:© lanius2016 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Corsican finch ( Carduelis corsicana ), also known as Corsican citril finch or Mediterranean citril finch is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 397iNaturalist 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.
397 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Alexander Koenig in 1899 (127 years ago).