Corsican finch
The Corsican finch, also known as the Corsican citril finch or Mediterranean citril finch, is a bird in the true finch family, Fringillidae.
It was formerly regarded a subspecies of the citril finch, but it differs in morphology and vocalizations as well as mtDNA sequence and they are now considered distinct species.
Formerly, both were placed in the genus Serinus, but they appear to be close relatives of the European goldfinch.
It is found in Corsica and on the Italian islands of Sardinia, Elba, Capraia and Gorgona.
It has dark-streaked brown upperparts, and brighter yellow underparts than the citril finch.
Taxonomy
The first formal description of the Corsican finch was by the German zoologist Alexander Koenig in 1899 under the binomial name Citrinella corsicana.
