Carduelinae

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Noun1.Carduelinae - used in some classifications for a subgroup of finches
subfamily Carduelinae
bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings
family Fringillidae, Fringillidae - finches: goldfinches; bullfinches; chaffinches; siskins; canaries; cardinals; grosbeaks; crossbills; linnets; buntings
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Boag, "Mitochondrial DNA homogeneity in the phenotypically diverse redpoll finch complex (Aves: Carduelinae: Carduelis flammea-hornemanni)" Evolution, vol.
Molecular characterization of Sudanese and Southern Sudanese chicken breeds using mtDNA D-loop
Tordoff (1954) on the basis of skull characters placed the Estrildinae in the Ploceidae, near the Carduelinae. Friedmann (1960, 1962) concurred with Sushkin.
Skeletal characters and the systematics of Estrildid finches (Aves: Estrildidae)
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