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 (Spinus spinus) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is also called the European siskin, common siskin or...

Spinus may refer to: Spinus (bird), a genus of birds in the finch family (Fringillidae) Spinuș, a commune in Bihor County, Romania This disambiguation...

The pine siskin (Spinus pinus) is a North American bird in the finch family. It is a migratory bird with an extremely sporadic winter range. The pine siskin...

The American goldfinch (Spinus tristis) is a small North American bird in the finch family. It is migratory, ranging from mid-Alberta to North Carolina...

The yellow-bellied siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds from Costa Rica south to southern...

goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) is a small finch in the genus Spinus native to the Americas. As is the case for most species in the genus Spinus, lesser goldfinch...

being collected from a captive bird there. Audubon placed it in the genus Carduelis, it was later placed in the genus Spinus, which merged with Carduelis...

The red siskin (Spinus cucullatus) is a small endangered finch. It is native to tropical South America - in northern Colombia, northern Venezuela (where...

belly. The only other bird with which it is likely to be confused is the hooded siskin (Spinus magellanica); however, that bird is not found so far south...