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Spinus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Passeriformes
family
Fringillidae
genus
Spinus
species
Spinus spinus

Name

Synonyms
Carduelis spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Fringilla spinus Linnaeus, 1758
Homonyms
Spinus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Alksninukas in Lithuanian
Amenferriw awraɣ in language.
Barrfinka in Icelandic
Cerla dimërake in Albanian
Common Siskin in English
Corkan airhey in Manx
Czyż zwyczajny in Polish
Dreynek in Cornish
EUSI in English
Erku in Maltese
Erlenzeisig in German
Eurasian Siskin in English
Eurasian Siskin in English
Eurasian Siskin in English
Eurasian Siskin in English
Eurasian Siskin in English
Eurasian Siskin in English
European Siskin in English
Franguen in language.
Froncillo in language.
Gréngen Zeisel in Luxembourgish
Grønsisken in Danish
Grønsisken in language.
Jilguero lúgano in Spanish
Kara Başlı İskete in Turkish
Kara başlı iskete in Turkish
Lluer in Catalan–Valencian
Lucano in Aragonese
Lucherino in Italian
Lucherino eurasiatico in Italian
Lugarin in language.
Lugre in Portuguese
Lúgano in Spanish
Metierabas in language.
Peiboi in language.
Picaouro común in Galician
Pila Gwyrdd in Welsh
Pilaod Gwyrdd in Welsh
Ruonácizáš in Northern Sami
Scatiu in Romanian
Sees in language.
Serstrîkê zer in Kurdish
Sieske in Limburgish
Sijs in Dutch
Siscín in Irish
Siskin in English
Sizet in Walloon
Spruce Siskin in English
Syske in Western Frisian
Sẻ thông vàng in Vietnamese

Bibliographic References

  1. AviList Core Team (2025) AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025
  2. Chans JJ, Garrido S, Calderón J (2006) Informe sobre la biodiversidad de Doñana. Listado de Organismos. En: Máñez M. (IP) Diseño y puesta a punto del programa de seguimiento de procesos y recursos naturales en el Parque Nacional de Doñana. Memoria final. Estación Biológica de Doñana-Organismo Autónomo de Parques Nacionales.
  3. Fernández JA (1982) Guía de campo del Parque Nacional de Doñana. Ed. Omega. Barcelona. 475 pp.
  4. García L, Calderón J, Castroviejo J (1989) Las aves de Doñana y su entorno. Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC) - Cooperativa Marismas del Rocío. Sevilla. 136 pp.
  5. García L, Ibáñez F, Garrido H, Arroyo JL, Máñez M, Calderón J (2000) Prontuario de las Aves de Doñana. Anuario Ornitológico de Doñana. Nº0, Diciembre 2000. Estación Biológica de Doñana y Ayuntamiento de Almonte. Almonte (Huelva). 113 pp.
  6. García-Novo F, Martín A, Toja J (2007) La Frontera de Doñana. Secretariado de Publicaciones. Vicerrectorado de Investigación. Universidad de Sevilla. Sevilla. 317 pp.
  7. García-Novo F, Marín-Cabrera C (2005) Doñana. Agua y Biosfera. Ed. Doñana 2005, Confederación Hidrográfica del Guadalquivir, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. Madrid. 353 pp
  8. Garrido H, Arroyo JL, García L, Ibáñez F, Máñez M, Vázquez M (2004) Anuario Ornitológico de Doñana, nº 1. (Sep 1999- ago 2001). Equipo de Seguimiento de Procesos Naturales. Estación Biológica de Doñana-CSIC. 188 pp.
  9. Llandres C, Urdiales C (1990) Las aves de Doñana. Lynx Edicions. Barcelona. 124 pp.
  10. Molina B, Nebreda A, Muñoz AR, Seoane J, Real R, Bustamante J, Del Moral JC (2022) III Atlas de aves en época de reproducción en España. SEO/BirdLife. Madrid. https://atlasaves.seo.org/
  11. Mountfort G, Ferguson-Lees IJ (1961) The birds of the Coto Doñana. Ibis, 103: 86-109. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1961.tb02422.x
  12. Román J, Arias A M, Arroyo J L, Bastianelli G, Calzada J, Clavero M, Cobo M D, Díaz-Paniagua C, Ibáñez C, Juste J, Martínez A, Nogueras J, de los Reyes L, Revilla E, Rodríguez R, Rodríguez-Rodríguez E J, del Valle J L, Janss G F E, Tablado Z, D'Amico M, Navarro L M (2025). Checklist of the vertebrate fauna of the Doñana Biosphere Reserve (Spain) - 2025. Version 1.0. Estación Biológica de Doñana (CSIC). Checklist dataset. https://doi.org/10.15470/idnt5f
  13. Taxonomikommittén & Raritetskommittén (2025) Sverigelistan med underarter - fynd t.o.m. 2023 - version jun 2025 (The Official Swedish Bird List)
  14. Taxonomikommittén, BirdLife Sverige (2017) Nya arter i Tk:s lista.
  15. Zuccon, Prŷs-Jones, Rasmussen & Ericson (2012) The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)
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