Carduelis
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Carduelis | image = CommonRedpoll23.jpg | image_width = 200px | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Fringillidae | genus = Carduelis | genus_authority = Brisson, 1760 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = Many, see text }} The genus Carduelis (from Carduus, thistle) is a large group of birds in the finch family Fringillidae. It includes the linnets, redpolls, goldfinches, greenfinches, and some siskins.
Species are
- Yellow-breasted Greenfinch, Carduelis spinoides
- Vietnamese Greenfinch, Carduelis monguilloti
- European Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris
- Black-headed Greenfinch, Carduelis ambigua
- Lesser Redpoll, Carduelis cabaret
- Common Redpoll, or Mealy Redpoll (illustration), Carduelis flammea
- Arctic Redpoll, or Hoary Redpoll, Carduelis hornemanni
- Eurasian Siskin, or Spruce Siskin Carduelis spinus
- Pine Siskin, Carduelis pinus
- Black-capped Siskin, Carduelis atriceps
- Black-headed Siskin, Carduelis notata
- Andean Siskin, Carduelis spinescens
- Yellow-faced Siskin, Carduelis yarrellii
- Thick-billed Siskin, Carduelis crassirostris
- Hooded Siskin, Carduelis magellanica
- Yellow-bellied Siskin, Carduelis xanthogastra
- Saffron Siskin, Carduelis siemiradzkii
- Olivaceous Siskin, Carduelis olivacea
- Red Siskin, Carduelis cucullata
- Antillean Siskin, Carduelis dominicensis
- Lesser Goldfinch, Carduelis psaltria
- Lawrence's Goldfinch, Carduelis lawrencei
- Black-chinned Siskin, Carduelis barbata
- Black Siskin, Carduelis atrata
- Yellow-rumped Siskin, Carduelis uropygialis
- American Goldfinch, Carduelis tristis
- European Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis
- Oriental Greenfinch, Carduelis sinica
- Twite, Carduelis flavirostris
- Eurasian Linnet, Carduelis cannabina
- Yemen Linnet, Carduelis yemenensis
- Warsangli Linnet, Carduelis johannisde:Zeisige