Grey-crowned goldfinch

Grey-crowned goldfinch
ssp. caniceps in Gilgit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Carduelis
Species:
C. caniceps
Binomial name
Carduelis caniceps
Vigors, 1831
  Breeding summer visitor
  Breeding resident
  Non-breeding winter visitor
  Vagrant
Synonyms

Carduelis carduelis caniceps

For the subspecies -

  • paropanisi - Carduelis caniceps subcaniceps
  • subulata - Fringilla subulata, Passer carduelis var. jenisensis, Fringilla orientalis, Cardueis caniceps poliakovi

The grey-crowned goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps), also known as the eastern goldfinch, Himalayan goldfinch or the grey-capped goldfinch is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae that is distributed throughout Central Asia and the Himalayas.

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