Spinus (bird)
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Spinus is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family Fringillidae encompassing the Siskins and New world goldfinches.
Male American Goldfinch in Lodi CA
Tibetan Siskin Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary 11.03.2013
American Goldfinch
Spinus lawrencei, California 1
Eurasian siskin
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The Eurasian siskin is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is also called the European siskin, common siskin or just siskin. Other names include black-headed goldfinch, barley
Spinus (bird)
…genus Spinus was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch with the type species by tautonomy as Fringilla spinus Linnaeus, 1758, the Eurasian siskin. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek σπίνος spínos, a name for a now-unidentifiable bird. All of the species in the genus, except for the Tibetan…
Eurasian siskin male Biebrzanski
Eurasian siskin female Biebrzanski
Siskin feeding on Sitka spruce seeds. Extensive plantations of this New World species in Britain have resulted a significant expansion of the species' range here
Siskin feeding in an alder tree