Corsican Finch

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Corsican Finch
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae Genus: Carduelis Species: C. corsicanus
Binomial name
Carduelis corsicanus (Koenig, 1899)
Synonyms
Serinus corsicanus Serinus citrinella corsicanus Serinus corsicana (lapsus; see Barbagli & Violani, 1997) Serinus citrinella corsicana (lapsus; see Barbagli & Violani, 1997) Carduelis citrinella corsicana

The Corsican Finch Carduelis corsicanus is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae.

It was formerly regarded a subspecies of the Citril Finch, but it differs in morphology and vocalizations (Cramp & Perrins, 1994) as well as mtDNA sequence (Sangster, 2000, contra Pasquet & Thibault, 1997) and they are now considered distinct species (Sangster et al., 2002). Formerly, both were placed in the genus Serinus, but they appear to be close relatives of the European Goldfinch (Arnaiz-Villena et al., 1998, contra van den Elzen & Khoury, 1999).

It is found in Corsica, Sardinia and on the Italian islands of Elba, Capraia and Gorgona.

It has dark-streaked brown upperparts, and brighter yellow underparts than the Citril Finch.

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• Clement, Peter; Harris, Alan & Davis, John (1993): Finches and Sparrows: an identification guide. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 0-7136-8017-2

• Cramp, S. & Perrins, C. M. (eds) (1994): The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Vol. 8. Oxford University Press, Oxford.

• Förschler, M.I. & Kalko, E.K.V. (2006): Macrogeographic variations in food choice of mainland citril finches Carduelis [citrinella] citrinella and insular Corsican (citril) finches Carduelis [citrinella] corsicanus. Journal of Ornithology 147: 441-447. DOI:10.1007/s10336-005-0032-6

• Förschler, M.I. & Kalko, E.K.V. (2006): Breeding ecology and nest site selection in allopatric mainland Citril Finches Carduelis [citrinella] citrinella and insular Corsican Finches Carduelis [citrinella] corsicanus. Journal of Ornithology 147: 553-564. DOI:10.1007/s10336-006-0079-z

• Förschler, M.I. (2006): Absence of insular density inflation in Corsican Finches Carduelis [citrinella] corsicanus. Acta Ornithologica 41(2): 171-175.

• Hagemeijer, Ward J. & Blair, Michael J. (editors) (1997): The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds. T. & A. D. Poyser.

• Pasquet, E. & Thibault, J.-C. (1997): Genetic differences among mainland and insular forms of the Citril Finch Serinus citrinella. Ibis 139(4): 679–684.

• Sangster, G. (2000): Genetic distance as a test of species boundaries in the Citril Finch Serinus citrinella: a critique and taxonomic reinterpretation. Ibis 142(3): 487–490.

• Sangster, George; Knox, Alan G.; Helbig, Andreas J. & Parkin, David T. (2002): Taxonomic recommendations for European birds. Ibis 144(1): 153–159. DOI:10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00026.x PDF fulltext

• van den Elzen, R. & Khoury, F. (1999): Systematik, phylogenetische Analyse und Biogeographie der Großgattung Serinus Koch, 1816 (Aves, Carduelidae). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 215: 55–65. [Article in German]