Corsican Finch 3889579 201714071 2008-03-29T01:08:22Z SmackBot 433328 Date the maintenance tags or general fixes {{Taxobox | name = Corsican Finch | status = LC | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Passerine|Passeriformes]] | familia = [[Fringillidae]] | genus = ''[[Carduelis]]'' | species = '''''C. corsicana''''' | binomial = ''Carduelis corsicana'' | binomial_authority = ([[Alexander Koenig|Koenig]], [[1899]])<!-- check in which genus originally described and if Carduelis, remove parentheses --> | synonyms = *''Serinus corsicanus'' *''Serinus citrinella corsicanus'' *''Serinus corsicana''<br/><small>(''lapsus''; see Barbagli & Violani, 1997)</small> *''Serinus citrinella corsicana''<br/><small>(''lapsus''; see Barbagli & Violani, 1997)</small> *''Carduelis citrinella corsicana'' *''Carduelis corsicanus'' }} The '''Corsican Finch''' (''Carduelis corsicana'') is a [[bird]] in the [[finch]] family, Fringillidae. It was formerly regarded a [[subspecies]] of the [[Citril Finch]], but it differs in [[morphology (biology)|morphology]] and vocalizations (Cramp & Perrins, 1994, Förschler & Kalko, 2007) as well as [[mtDNA]] [[DNA sequence|sequence]] (Sangster, 2000, ''contra'' Pasquet & Thibault, 1997) and they are now considered distinct species (Sangster ''et al.'', 2002). Formerly, both were placed in the genus ''Serinus'', but they appear to be close relatives of the [[European Goldfinch]] (Arnaiz-Villena ''et al.'', 1998, ''contra'' van den Elzen & Khoury, 1999). It is found in [[Corsica]], [[Sardinia]] and on the Italian islands of [[Elba]], [[Capraia]] and [[Gorgona, Italy|Gorgona]]. It has dark-streaked brown upperparts, and brighter yellow underparts than the Citril Finch. ==References== {{Wikify|date=March 2008}}<!--ACCORDING TO THE FIRST ONES--> *{{cite journal|last=Arnaiz-Villena|first=A.|ocauthors=M. Álvarez-Tejado, V. Ruiz-del-Valle, C. García-de-la-Torre, P. Varela, M.J. Recio, S. Ferre. J. Martínez-Laso|year=1998|title=Phylogeny and rapid Northern and Southern Hemisphere speciation of goldfinches during the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs|journal=Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences|issue=54|pages=pp. 1031–1041}}. {{DOI|10.1007/s000180050230}} (article, [http://www.springerlink.com/content/r1ukblmke5d3uy1v/fulltext.pdf PDF fulltext]<!-- check this link periodically -->) {{DOI|10.1007/s000180050280}} (erratum, [http://www.springerlink.com/content/8bv2f9qrwau86ln0/fulltext.pdf PDF fulltext]<!-- check this link periodically -->) *{{cite journal|last=Barbagli|first=F.|ocauthors=C. Violani|year=1997|title=Canaries in Tuscany|journal=Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino|issue=15|pages= pp.25–33}}. *{{cite book|last=Clement|first=Peter|coauthors=Alan Harris, John Davis|year=1993|title=Finches and Sparrows: an identification guide|publisher=[[Helm Identification Guides|Christopher Helm]]|location=London|id=ISBN 0-7136-8017-2}} * '''Cramp''', S. & '''Perrins''', C. M. (eds) (1994): ''[[The Birds of the Western Palearctic]]'', Vol. 8. Oxford University Press, Oxford. * '''Förschler''', M.I. & '''Kalko''', E.K.V. (2006): Macrogeographic variations in food choice of mainland citril finches ''Carduelis [citrinella] citrinella'' and insular Corsican (citril) finches ''Carduelis [citrinella] corsicanus''. ''Journal of Ornithology'' '''147''': 441-447. {{DOI|10.1007/s10336-005-0032-6}} * '''Förschler''', M.I. & '''Kalko''', E.K.V. (2006): Breeding ecology and nest site selection in allopatric mainland Citril Finches ''Carduelis [citrinella] citrinella'' and insular Corsican Finches ''Carduelis [citrinella] corsicanus''. ''Journal of Ornithology'' '''147''': 553-564. {{DOI|10.1007/s10336-006-0079-z}} * '''Förschler''', M.I. (2006): Absence of insular density inflation in Corsican Finches ''Carduelis [citrinella] corsicanus''. ''Acta Ornithologica'' '''41'''(2): 171-175. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/miiz/actao/2006/00000041/00000002/art00010;jsessionid=tw7h10og0mi7.victoria * '''Förschler''', M.I. & '''Kalko''', E.K.V. (2007): Geographical differentiation, acoustic adaptation and species boundaries in mainland citril finches and insular Corsican finches, superspecies ''Carduelis [citrinella]''. ''Journal of Biogeography'' '''34'''. {{DOI|10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01722.x}} * '''Hagemeijer''', Ward J. & '''Blair''', Michael J. (editors) (1997): ''[[The EBCC Atlas of European Breeding Birds]]''. T. & A. D. Poyser. * '''Pasquet''', E. & '''Thibault''', J.-C. (1997): Genetic differences among mainland and insular forms of the Citril Finch ''Serinus citrinella''. ''[[Ibis (journal)|Ibis]]'' '''139'''(4): 679–684. * '''Sangster''', G. (2000): Genetic distance as a test of species boundaries in the Citril Finch ''Serinus citrinella'': a critique and taxonomic reinterpretation. ''[[Ibis (journal)|Ibis]]'' '''142'''(3): 487–490. * '''Sangster''', George; Knox, Alan G.; Helbig, Andreas J. & Parkin, David T. (2002): Taxonomic recommendations for European birds. ''[[Ibis (journal)|Ibis]]'' '''144'''(1): 153–159. {{DOI|10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00026.x}} [http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1046/j.0019-1019.2001.00026.x PDF fulltext] * '''van den Elzen''', R. & '''Khoury''', F. (1999): Systematik, phylogenetische Analyse und Biogeographie der Großgattung ''Serinus'' Koch, 1816 (Aves, Carduelidae). ''Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg'' 215: 55–65. [Article in German] ==External links== *[http://www.oiseaux.net/birds/photos/corsican.finch.html] Photos [[Category:Carduelis]] [[Category:Serinus]] {{Fringillidae-stub}} [[de:Korsikazeisig]] [[fr:Venturon corse]] [[it:Serinus citrinella corsicana]] [[sv:Korsikansk siska]]