Subfamily Carduelinae (finch)
Aves - Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Parent taxon: Fringillidae according to J. C. Rando et al. 2017
See also Olson and James 1982, Wetmore 1940 and Wetmore 1956
Sister taxa: Acanthis, Akialoa, Carduelis, Carpodacus, Chloridops, Chloris, Chlorodrepanis, Coccothraustes, Drepanidini, Drepanis, Fringilla, Fringillinae, Haemorhous, Hemignathus, Himatione, Leucosticte, Linaria, Loxia, Loxioides, Magumma, Oreomystis, Paroreomyza, Pinicola, Pseudonestor, Psittirostra, Rhodacanthis, Rhynchostruthus, Richmondeninae, Serinus, Spinus, Telespiza
Subtaxa: Hesperiphona Pyrrhulini
Ecology: volant granivore
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