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Spinus  Koch, 1816
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179245

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2015   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyFringillidae Leach, 1820 – gros-becs, moineaux, roselins, Old World Finches, Finches, Hawaiian Honeycreepers  
                               GenusSpinus Koch, 1816  
    Direct Children:  
                                  Species Spinus atratus (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) – Black Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus atriceps (Salvin, 1863) – Black-capped Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus barbatus (Molina, 1782) – Black-chinned Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus crassirostris (Landbeck, 1877) – Thick-billed Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus cucullatus (Swainson, 1820) – Red Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus dominicensis (H. Bryant, 1867) – Antillean Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus lawrencei (Cassin, 1850) – Lawrence's Goldfinch 
                                  Species Spinus magellanicus (Vieillot, 1805) – Hooded Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus notatus (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1847) – Black-headed Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus olivaceus von Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894 – Olivaceous Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus pinus (A. Wilson, 1810) – Pine Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus psaltria (Say, 1822) – Lesser Goldfinch 
                                  Species Spinus siemiradzkii (von Berlepsch & Taczanowski, 1884) – Saffron Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus spinescens (Bonaparte, 1850) – Andean Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus spinus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Eurasian Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus thibetanus (Hume, 1872) – Tibetan Serin 
                                  Species Spinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) – American Goldfinch 
                                  Species Spinus uropygialis (P. L. Sclater, 1862) – Yellow-rumped Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus xanthogastrus (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855) – Yellow-bellied Siskin 
                                  Species Spinus yarrellii (Audubon, 1839) – Yellow-faced Siskin 
       

 References
       
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  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 5.3), website (version 5.3)  
  Acquired: 2015   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2015. IOC World Bird List (v 5.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 04 September, 2015]   
  Reference for: Spinus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Spinus   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2015.02.01, website (version 01-Feb-15)  
  Acquired: 2015   
  Notes: 'Zoonomen Nomenclatural data' maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Spinus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): American Ornithologists' Union  
  Publication Date: 1957   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of North American Birds, 5th Edition   
  Page(s): xiii + 691   
  Publisher: American Ornithologists' Union   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
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  Reference for: Spinus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): American Ornithologists' Union  
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: Thirty-third Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Auk, vol. 93, no. 4   
  Page(s): 875-879   
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  Reference for: Spinus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): American Ornithologists' Union  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Check-list of North American Birds, 7th Edition   
  Page(s): liv + 829   
  Publisher: American Ornithologists' Union   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-00-X   
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  Reference for: Spinus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): American Ornithologists' Union  
  Publication Date: 2009   
  Article/Chapter Title: Fiftieth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Auk, vol. 126, no. 3   
  Page(s): 705-714   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0004-8038   
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 Comments
       
  Comment: AOU (1976) merged Acanthis and Spinus into Carduelis and retained them as subgenera, but in 2009 AOU restored the genera  
 

 

    

 
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