Editing Citril finch (section)

==Taxonomy==

The citril finch was [[Species description|formally described]] by the German zoologist [[Peter Simon Pallas]] in 1764 under the [[binomial name]] ''Fringilla citrinella''.<ref>{{ cite book | editor-last=Paynter | editor-first=Raymond A. Jnr. | year=1968 | title=Check-list of birds of the world, Volume 14 | volume=14 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=211 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14481412 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Sherborn | first=C. Davies | year=1905 | title=The new species of birds in Vroeg's catalogue, 1764 | journal=Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections | volume=47 | pages=332–341 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8812106 }}</ref> The current genus name ''Carduelis'' is the [[Latin]] word for the [[European goldfinch]], and the [[Specific name (zoology)|specific epithet]] ''citrinella'' is the Italian word for a small yellow bird. It is a diminutive of the Latin ''citrinus'' meaning citrine or light greenish-yellow.<ref>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling |publisher = Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages= [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n91 91], 110 }}</ref> The [[Corsican finch]] (''Carduelis corsicana'') was at one time considered as [[conspecific]] with the citril finch, but is now treated as a separate species.<ref name=iou>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | title=Finches, euphonias | work= World Bird List Version 5.3| url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/finches/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union| access-date=18 August 2015 }}</ref> Molecular genetic studies have shown that the citril finch is closely related to the [[European goldfinch]] (''Carduelis carduelis'').<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Zuccon | first1=Dario  | last2=Prŷs-Jones | first2=Robert | last3=Rasmussen | first3=Pamela C. | last4=Ericson | first4=Per G.P. | year=2012 | title=The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae) | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=62 | issue=2 | pages=581–596 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002 | url=http://www.nrm.se/download/18.9ff3752132fdaeccb6800010935/Zuccon%20et%20al%202012.pdf | pmid=22023825| bibcode=2012MolPE..62..581Z }}</ref>