Species group · Birds

Goldfinches

WAnimals has 2 species of goldfinch, in the family Fringillidae.

2 species

1 family

74 countries

270 parks

Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 2.

All 2 species of goldfinches on WAnimals

Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.

2 Least Concern

No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.

Recorded in 74 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:

It was chosen SEO/BirdLife's Bird of the Year 2026 by public vote, ahead of the Eurasian skylark and the European shag.
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Its song has earned it centuries of illegal trapping for the cage-bird trade, now regulated by European legislation; it remains one of its main threats.
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Antonio Vivaldi dedicated a flute concerto to it, "Il Cardellino" (RV 428), in which the soloist repeatedly imitates its song.
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It breeds very late, in July, to make use of the thistledown it lines its nest with.
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It shares a genus with the Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus), already in this catalogue: both moved from Carduelis to Spinus in the same revision.
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It is one of the most popular feeder birds in North America.
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