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.

Quick Facts Gowlspink, Conservation status ...
Gowlspink
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In Tarn, France
Conservation status
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Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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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Carduelis carduelis carduelis

Merk that Spinus spinus is kent as the gowdie an aw.

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