Spinus. Spinus is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family.
It contains the North and South American siskins and goldfinches. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek spinos, a name for a now-unidentifiable bird.
All of the species in the genus other than the Tibetan serin were formerly included in the genus Carduelis. They were moved to the resurrected genus Spinus based on phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.
The Tibetan serin was formerly placed in the genus Serinus. The Eurasian siskin and the Tibetan serin are the only species from the Old World included in the group.
The genus Spinus was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch with the Eurasian siskin as the type species. The genus contains 20 species: Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution Tibetan serin Spinus thibetanus Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. American goldfinch Spinus tristis mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada-United States border to Mexico during the winter Lawrence's goldfinch Spinus lawrencei California and Baja California and winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico Lesser goldfinch Spinus psaltria southwestern United States to Venezuela and Peru. Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus Eurasia and the north of Africa Antillean siskin Spinus dominicensis Haiti and the Dominica
It contains the North and South American siskins and goldfinches. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek spinos, a name for a now-unidentifiable bird.
All of the species in the genus other than the Tibetan serin were formerly included in the genus Carduelis. They were moved to the resurrected genus Spinus based on phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.
The Tibetan serin was formerly placed in the genus Serinus. The Eurasian siskin and the Tibetan serin are the only species from the Old World included in the group.
The genus Spinus was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch with the Eurasian siskin as the type species. The genus contains 20 species: Image Common Name Scientific name Distribution Tibetan serin Spinus thibetanus Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. American goldfinch Spinus tristis mid-Alberta to North Carolina during the breeding season, and from just south of the Canada-United States border to Mexico during the winter Lawrence's goldfinch Spinus lawrencei California and Baja California and winters in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico Lesser goldfinch Spinus psaltria southwestern United States to Venezuela and Peru. Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus Eurasia and the north of Africa Antillean siskin Spinus dominicensis Haiti and the Dominica
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