CARDUELIS
Carduelis
The genus Carduelisis a large group of birds in the finch family Fringillidae. It includes the greenfinches, redpolls, goldfinches, linnets, the twite, and the non-African siskins. No species of this group ranges far into Africa, and the centers of evolution were probably Eurasia and North America, with a secondary radiation in the Neotropics.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Carduelis
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