Carduelinae


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Noun1.Carduelinae - used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
family Fringillidae, Fringillidae - finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
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References in periodicals archive ?
Boag, "Mitochondrial DNA homogeneity in the phenotypically diverse redpoll finch complex (Aves: Carduelinae: Carduelis flammea-hornemanni)" Evolution, vol.
Tordoff (1954) on the basis of skull characters placed the Estrildinae in the Ploceidae, near the Carduelinae. Friedmann (1960, 1962) concurred with Sushkin.