Corsican Finch

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Corsican Finch

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Genus:	Carduelis
Species:	C. corsicana

Binomial name

Carduelis corsicana
(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
Carduelis corsicanus

The Corsican Finch (Carduelis corsicana) 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, Förschler & Kalko, 2007) 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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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

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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]