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European Goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis · Family Fringillidae
Carduelis carduelis
Family Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 6,450,636
- Countries and territories with records
- 108
About this species
This species has 6,450,636 occurrence records from 108 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United Kingdom (16.2%), Spain (15.9%), France (12.4%), Sweden (11.2%) and the Netherlands (8.6%); together they account for 64.3% of the total. In the United Kingdom, this species accounts for 1.7% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Carduelis carduelis combines the genus name Carduelis with the species epithet carduelis. The Warbla app catalog lists 3 species of the genus Carduelis; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Carduelis citrinella and Carduelis corsicana.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 204 species of the family Fringillidae. This species ranks 4th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Spinus tristis. Its record count is 14.1 times the family average (459,113). The family Fringillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.