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One from the garden today - bearing a ring (or band) on its right leg. Looks official.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS-1D Mark II
Aperture Value
f/7.1
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Manual
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
700 mm
ISO
200
Metering Mode
Partial
Shutter Speed Value
1/250 sec
Date/Time
Thu 09 Apr 2009 11:08:51 AM EDT
English European Goldfinch
Scientific (Carduelis carduelis)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Fringillidae
Family (English) Finches, Euphonias
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions EU
Breeding Range Subregions w, c, s
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,Albania,Algeria,Andorra,Armenia,Australia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Belarus,Belgium, Bermuda(I),Bosnia and Herzegovina,Brazil,Bulgaria,Cape Verde(I),China,Croatia,Cyprus,Czech Republic,Denmark, Egypt,Estonia,Finland,France,Georgia,Germany,Gibraltar,Greece,Hungary,India - mainland, Iran,Iraq,Ireland,Israel,Italy,Jordan,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Lebanon, Libya,Liechtenstein,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Malta,Moldova,Monaco,Mongolia,Morocco, Nepal,Netherlands,New Zealand,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia,San Marino,Saudi Arabia, Serbia,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Syria,Tajikistan,Tunisia,Turkey, Turkmenistan,Ukraine,United Kingdom,Uruguay(I),Uzbekistan,
IOC 9.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
britannica British Isles, nw France and w Netherlands
caniceps w Pakistan to nw Himalayas, sw Tibet and c Nepal
subulata ne Kazakhstan, sc Siberia and w Mongolia
paropanisi w Turkmenistan and e Iran to nw China
frigoris sw, sc Siberia
volgensis s Ukraine, s European Russia and nw Kazakhstan
colchica n Caucasus and Crimean Pen. (s Ukraine)
brevirostris e Turkey, s Caucasus and n Iran
niediecki Middle East
balcanica Balkans, Greece, Crete and nw Turkey
tschusii Corsica, Sardinia and Sicily
parva sw Europe, nw Africa, Madeira, Balearic and Canary Is.
carduelis s Scandinavia to c France and Italy and e to c European Russia
ultima s Iran
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Stieglitz
French Chardonneret élégant
Chinese 红额金翅雀
Japanese ゴシキヒワ
Russian Щегол
Spanish Jilguero europeo
Portuguese pintassilgo-europeu / pintassilgo
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)