European Goldfinch

The European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is a small bird in the Finch family. The English word "goldfinch" was used in the second half of the 14th century by Geoffrey Chaucer in his unfinished The Cook's Tale: "Gaillard he was as goldfynch in the shawe" (Gaily dressed he was as is goldfinch in the woods).^[1]

European Goldfinch
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Genus:	Carduelis
Species:	C. carduelis
Binomial name
Carduelis carduelis L., 1758