#Carduelis carduelis

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Teasel Goldfinch

A goldfinch feeding on a teasel seedhead in the morning sun, at RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes.

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There are about 5,300 species of passeriformes, or perching birds. Here, we see a Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) feeding on the seeds of a teasel plant.

(Image credit: Sandra Standbridge via Getty Images)

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European Goldfinch

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European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) photos I took 04/05/2024, Wintersett, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK

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European goldfinches, April 2024

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Here is a beautiful European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) visiting a dried sunflower in my garden ! I was so happy to see one ! It has been 12 years since the last came in my garden ! This beautiful bird is a wonderful singer and sadly, it is one of the cause of its disparition in Europe. This species is really liked in many countries as an encaged songbird and so, is one of the most trafficked animal in Europe. On the black market, a single bird's value varies from 150 to 450 €. Last October, the French Office for Biodiversity (OFB, roughly the environment police) dismantled a parisian trafficking network, released 350 birds and seized 9 000 €. In 2022, the swiss police saved 800 birds, amongst them 200 where native to Europe. I personnaly met a French officier who took part in stopping such traffic. To finish this post, in French, this bird's name is "Chardonneret élégant" which translates to "Fancy thistle eater" !

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Stieglitz und Buchfink | Die Vögel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library

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european goldfinch - march 2024, nové dvory (czech republic)

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Goldfinch - Carduelis carduelis, England, 2025

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European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

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Treetop Goldfinch

A brightly coloured goldfinch up in the tree tops, at Felmersham Gravel Pits.

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European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) perched in field of Sunflowers (Helianthus annuus), Cadiz, Andalusia, Spain. July.

Photographer: Andres M. Dominguez

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European Goldfinch

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Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) right primary feather, P8

a bit dirty but otherwise gorgeous, showing the yellow leading edge these birds have on their wings clearly. almost definitely belongs to one of the two that sing near my window

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birds for every 13th of the month!! (i NEED to find a better name for this)

European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

Couldn't find any facts about these guys, unfortunately.

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Pretty 🤩

More goldfinch pictures, this time a youngster. You can see that the head is still brown and that the body looks a bit spotty. But what is unmistakable for a goldfinch are they bright yellow feathers on the wing. (In the second pictures there is a second, adult bird on the other side of the flower, not well hidden because of the bright yellow wing feathers)