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 LC    Mediterranean Citril Finch* Id (Atlas):
    Carduelis corsicana

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Serinus corsicana [BirdLife International (2004)], Serinus corsicanus [AERC TAC (2003)]

Other Names (World)
Corsican Finch, Mediterranean Citril Finch

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Koenig, 1899)

Habitat
Mediterranean-type shrubland. From sea-level - 1,650 m.

Range (Guide)
France (B), Italy (B).

Corsica, Sardinia, and smaller islands of Gorgona, Capri and Elba.
 
Population
Estimated population is 57,000 - 255,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (61)...)

 
Corsican Finch (Carduelis corsicana) [XC624721]
     by Marta Celej from Sant'Antonino, Haute-Corse, Corse, France (call, flight call, song, wing noise)

 
Corsican Finch (Carduelis corsicana) [XC349875]
     by Tero Linjama from Corte, Corsica, France (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 Citril Finch (Carduelis citrinella), but differs in mitochondrial DNA, morphology, habitat selection and voice. Has hybridized with European Greenfinch (Chloris chloris).


References
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Files:
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