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Spinus tristis  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179249

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Carduelis tristis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  Common Name(s): American Goldfinch [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 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  
                                  SpeciesSpinus tristis (Linnaeus, 1758) – American Goldfinch  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Subspecies Spinus tristis jewetti van Rossem, 1943  
                                     Subspecies Spinus tristis pallidus Mearns, 1890  
                                     Subspecies Spinus tristis salicamans Grinnell, 1897  
                                     Subspecies Spinus tristis tristis (Linnaeus, 1758)  
       

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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 tristis, American Goldfinch [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Spinus tristis   
       
  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 tristis   
       
  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 tristis   
       
  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 tristis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): American Ornithologists' Union  
  Publication Date: 1998   
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  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 tristis   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gibson, Daniel D., and Brina Kessel  
  Publication Date: 1992   
  Article/Chapter Title: Seventy-four new avian taxa documented in Alaska 1976-1991   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Condor, vol. 94, no. 2   
  Page(s): 454-467   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0010-5422   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    North America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Alaska, Incidental  
    Canada, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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