Spinus Spinus - Eurasian Siskin XC539301
''Spinus'' may refer to: * ''Spinus'' (bird), a genus of birds in the finch family (Fringillidae) * Spinuș Spinuș () is one of the smallest communes in Bihor County, Crișana, Romania. It is composed of five villages: Ciulești (''Csujafalva''), Gurbești (''Görbesd''), Nădar (''Nadántelek''), Săliște (''Kövesegyháza''), and Spinuș. It has a ...

Spinus (bird)
''Spinus'' is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family. It contains the North and South American siskins and goldfinches, as well as two Old World species. Taxonomy The genus ''Spinus'' was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch with the type species by tautonomy as ''Fringilla spinus'' Linnaeus, 1758, the Eurasian siskin. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek ''spínos'', a name for a now-unidentifiable bird. All of the species in the genus, except for the Tibetan serin, were formerly included in the genus ''Carduelis''. They were moved to the resurrected genus ''Spinus'' based on phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. The Tibetan serin was formerly placed in the genus ''Serinus''. The Eurasian siskin and the Tibetan serin are the only species from the Old World included in the group. The Tibetan serin is an outgroup within ''Spinus'', having been the first to diverge. The remainder of the genus can be divided into ...
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