Grey-crowned Goldfinch
Carduelis caniceps Vigors, 1831
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
Grey-crowned Goldfinch, Carduelis caniceps, is a finch of the Palearctic, breeding from southern and eastern Iran and Central Asia through western Turkmenistan and north-east Kazakhstan to south-central Siberia, western Mongolia, north-west China and the western and central Himalayas. It was described by Vigors in 1831. The bird is set apart from the European Goldfinch by its very different plumage, which lacks the black crown and the line behind the ear coverts seen in that relative. It belongs to the family Fringillidae and the order Passeriformes.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- Palearctic: s, e Iran and Central Asia from w Turkmenistan and ne Kazakhstan to sc Siberia, w Mongolia, nw China and w, c Himalayas
