{"id":25348,"date":"2012-11-05T14:16:58","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:13:50","slug":"goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The average Goldfinch is 12-13 cm long with a wingspan of 21-25 cm and a weight of 14 to 19 grams. The sexes are broadly similar, with a red face, black and white head, warm brown upperparts, white underparts with buff flanks and breast patches, and black and yellow wings.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: European Goldfinch\u00a0<i>Carduelis\u00a0carduelis<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-224-25348\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8409\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch_0.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch_0.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1624\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-9.jpg\" title=\"Gubbeen, West Cork, Republic of Ireland (28 Apr 2009) (cc14)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Gubbeen, West Cork, Republic of Ireland (28 Apr 2009) (cc14)\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1623\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-3.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1622\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-2.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1621\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-17.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-17.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1620\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-16.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-16.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1619\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-15.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Rhein Delta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Rhein Delta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-15.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1618\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-14.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-14.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1617\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-13.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Eggersriet SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-13.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1616\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-12.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-12.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1615\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-11.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-11.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1614\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-10.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-10.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1613\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-1.jpg\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis\/thumbs\/thumbs_goldfinch-carduelis-carduelis-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The average Goldfinch is 12-13 cm long with a wingspan of 21-25 cm and a weight of 14 to 19 grams. The sexes are broadly similar, with a red face, black and white head, warm brown upperparts, white underparts with buff flanks and breast patches, and black and yellow wings. Factsheet: European Goldfinch\u00a0Carduelis\u00a0carduelis\u00a0 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":831360,"parent":17619,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[2154,777],"class_list":["post-25348","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-carduelis-carduelis","tag-goldfinch"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25348\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/831360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}