Definition of Genus Spinus

1. Noun. In some classifications considered a subgenus of Carduelis: siskins and New World goldfinches.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Spinus

genus Sphacele
genus Sphacelotheca
genus Sphaeralcea
genus Sphaerocarpos
genus Sphaerocarpus
genus Sphagnum
genus Sphecius
genus Sphecotheres
genus Spheniscus
genus Sphenodon
genus Sphyraena
genus Sphyrapicus
genus Sphyrna
genus Spilogale
genus Spinacia
genus Spinus (current term)
genus Spiraea
genus Spiranthes
genus Spirillum
genus Spirochaeta
genus Spirodela
genus Spirogyra
genus Spirula
genus Spizella
genus Spodoptera
genus Spondias
genus Sporobolus
genus Spraguea
genus Spyeria
genus Squalus

Literary usage of Genus Spinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Check-list of North American Birds by American Ornithologists' Union (1910)
"... winters over most of its breeding range and east to Arizona and western New Mexico. genus Spinus KOCH. Spinus KOCH, Syst. Baier. Zool., 1816, 233. ..."

2. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey, Louis Agassiz Fuertes (1902)
"From December until the last of March small flocks feed in weed patches along the banks of the arroyos. genus Spinus. 633. Spinus pinus (ll'/'/s.). ..."

3. Western Birds by Harriet Williams Myers (1922)
"genus Spinus: PINE SISKIN. Pine Siskin: Spinus pinus. FAMILY—FINCHES, SPARROWS, ETC. ANOTHER small member of the Finch Family is the Pine Siskin, ..."

4. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"Genus SPINUS Koch. 533. Spinus pinus (Wils.). Pine Siskin; Pine Linnet; Pine Finch; American Siskin. Plumage of adults: above streaked with dusky or ..."

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