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 LC    Citril Finch* Id (Atlas):
    Carduelis citrinella

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Serinus citrinella [BirdLife International (2004)]

Other Names (World)
Citril Finch, Alpine Citril Finch

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Pallas, 1764)

Habitat
Temperate forest. From 1,500 - 2,500 m, occasionally 700 - 3,300 m.

Range (Guide)
Andorra (B) (NB), Austria (B) (NB), Czech Republic (B), France (B) (NB) (P), Germany (B), Italy (B) (NB), Liechtenstein (B), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (NB), Montenegro (B), Portugal (NB), Serbia (B), Slovakia (Slovak Republic), Slovenia (B), Spain (B) (NB), Switzerland (B) (NB).

Vagrant to Belgium, Poland.

Northern and central Spain east, discontinuously, to southern France, northern Italy, southern Germany, eastern Austria and Slovenia.
 
Population
Estimated population is 750,000 - 960,000 (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (161)...)

 
Citril Finch (Carduelis citrinella) [XC551343]
     by Stanislas Wroza from Allemont, Is\u00e8re, Auvergne-Rh\u00f4ne-Alpes, France (song)

 
Citril Finch (Carduelis citrinella) [XC372802]
     by Lars Lachmann from Innertkirchen, Oberhasli, Bern, Switzerland (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Serinus citrinella (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into citrinella and corsicana following Sangster et al. (2002) and moved to the genus Carduelis following Dickinson (2003).

Previously placed in genus Serinus. Until recently considered conspecific with Corsican Finch (Carduelis corsicana), but differs in mitochondrial DNA, morphology, habitat selection and voice.


References
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Files:
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