Goldfinch 
Carduetis carduelis 
Both sedentary and partly migratory; 
northern populations winter south to 
the Iberian Peninsula, Mediterranean 
Islands, Near East and southern Iran. 
Variation is clinal in the Western 
Palearctic (west of the Yenesei and 
Caspian; a totally different subspeci 
group occurs in east) with only res¬ 
ident Balkan, Near and Middle East 
birds (y.iedieoki) recorded in Egypt 
in winter. 
Habitat: Open cultivated areas, 
gardens, pastures and brush land with 
scattered trees. 
