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Formerly (AOU 1983, 1998) considered conspecific with <i>C. caniceps</i> Vigors, 1831 [Gray-crowned Goldfinch], but separated based on consistent differences in vocalizations (Boesman 2016a) and plumage, with few hybrids found in areas of sympatry (Johansen 1944) (AOS 2025).","roundedGRank":"G5","conservationStatusFactorsEditionDate":null,"conservationStatusFactorsEditionAuthors":null,"primaryCommonNameLanguage":"EN","recordType":"SPECIES","elementNationals":[{"elementNationalId":164321,"classifConfidence":null,"nation":{"id":38,"nameEn":"Canada","nameEs":"Canadá","nameFr":"Canada","isoCode":"CA","region":"Canada"},"roundedNRank":"NNA","elementSubnationals":[],"nrankReviewYear":2024,"nrank":"NNA","speciesNational":{"elementNationalId":164321,"exotic":true,"native":false}}],"lastModified":"2026-10-02T21:47:09.177217Z","lastPublished":"2026-10-02T21:32:08.892226Z","promotionalDescription":null,"conceptLineageSummary":null,"nsxUrl":"/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105792/Carduelis_carduelis","grankAdjustmentReasons":null,"grankChangeDate":"1996-12-04","grankReviewDate":"1996-12-04","grankReasons":null,"grank":"G5","rankInfo":{"elementGlobalId":105792,"aooPercentGood":null,"enviromentalSpecificity":null,"intrinsicVulnerability":null,"longTermTrend":null,"numberEos":null,"numberGoodEos":null,"numberProtEos":null,"popSize":null,"rangeExtent":null,"shortTermTrend":null,"threatImpactAssigned":null,"rangeExtentComments":"<i>Breeds </i>in Eurasia from the British Isles, central Scandinavia, central Russia, and southern Siberia south to the eastern Atlantic islands, Mediterranean region, northern Africa, and the Near East; northern populations partially migratory.<br/><br/><i>Winters </i>in the southern parts of the breeding range.<br/><br/>Introduced in Bermuda, Uruguay, southern Australia, and New Zealand, including outlying islands.<br/><br/>Introduced and established in the Great Lakes region in Wisconsin and Illinois (Sell 2021, Craves and Anich 2023); a small breeding population on western Long Island, New York, is not considered established. 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