The Gowdspink or Gowdie (Carduelis carduelis) is a wee birdie that's weel kent as gairden birds in Scotland an haes a fondness for the seeds o the thristle an the taisle. They wis aften taen as birds for the cage but this is nou ootwi the law.
Gowlspink | |
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In Tarn, France | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Faimily: | Fringillidae |
Genus: | Carduelis |
Species: | C. carduelis |
Binomial name | |
Carduelis carduelis (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Carduelis carduelis carduelis 1 summer 2 all year Carduelis carduelis caniceps 3 summer 4 all year |
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Merk that Spinus spinus is kent as the gowdie an aw.
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