Carduelinae

The name Carduelina[e] for the subfamily was introduced by the Irish zoologist Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825. Carduelinae is derived from the Latin name carduelis and the binomial name Carduelis carduelis for a goldfinch, one of the species in the subfamily.

List of genera

The Carduelinae subfamily contains 186 species divided into 49 genera. Of the 186 species, 15 are now extinct; these are the Bonin grosbeak and 14 Hawaiian honeycreepers.

• Mycerobas – contains four species of Asian grosbeaks
• Hesperiphona – contains two species of American grosbeaks, the evening grosbeak and the hooded grosbeak
• Coccothraustes – contains a single species, the hawfinch
• Eophona – contains the two oriental grosbeaks, the Chinese and the Japanese grosbeak
• Pinicola – contains a single species, the pine grosbeak
• Pyrrhula – contains the eight bullfinch species
• Rhodopechys – contains a single species, the crimson-winged finch
• Bucanetes – contains two species, the trumpeter and the Mongolian finch
• Agraphospiza – contains a single species, Blanford's rosefinch
• Callacanthis – contains a single species, the spectacled finch
• Pyrrhoplectes – contains a single species, the golden-naped finch
• Procarduelis – contains a single species, the dark-breasted rosefinch
• Leucosticte – contains six species of mountain and rosy finches
• Carpodacus – contains the 28 species of Palearctic rosefinches
• Hawaiian honeycreeper group (formerly a separate family, Drepanididae, and sometimes treated as tribe Drepanini)
  • †Melamprosops – contains a single extinct species, the po'ouli
  • Paroreomyza – contains three species, the Oahu alauahio, the Maui alauahio and the extinct kakawahie
  • Oreomystis – contains a single species, the akikiki
  • Telespiza – contains two species, the Laysan finch and the Nihoa finch
  • Loxioides – contains a single species, the palila
  • †Rhodacanthis – contains two extinct species, the lesser and the greater koa finch
  • †Chloridops – contains a three extinct species
  • †Psittirostra – contains a single extinct species, the ou
  • †Dysmorodrepanis – contains a single extinct species, the Lanai hookbill
  • Drepanis – contains two extinct species, the Hawaii mamo and the black mamo, and the extant iiwi
  • †Ciridops – contains a single extinct species, the Ula-ai-hawane
  • Palmeria – contains a single species, the akohekohe
  • Himatione – contains two species, the apapane and the extinct Laysan honeycreeper
  • †Viridonia – contains a single extinct species, the greater amakihi
  • †Akialoa – contains six extinct species
  • Hemignathus – contains five species, only one of which is extant, with two being possibly extinct
  • Pseudonestor – contains a single species, the Maui parrotbill
  • Magumma – contains a single species, the anianiau
  • Loxops – contains five species, of which one is extinct and one possibly extinct
  • Chlorodrepanis – contains three species, the Hawaii, Oahu and Kauai amakihi
  • †Orthiospiza – contains a single extinct species, the highland finch
  • †Vangulifer – contains two extinct species
  • †Xestospiza – contains two extinct species
  • †Aidemedia – contains three extinct species
• Haemorhous – contains the three species of North America rosefinches
• Chloris – contains the six species of greenfinches
• Rhodospiza – contains a single species, the desert finch
• Rhynchostruthus – contains the three species of golden-winged grosbeaks
• Linurgus – contains a single species, the oriole finch
• Crithagra – contains 37 species of canaries, serins and siskins from Africa and the Arabian Peninsula
• Linaria – contains four species including the twite and three linnets
• Acanthis – redpolls
• Loxia – contains six species of crossbills
• Chrysocorythus – contains two species, the Indonesian serin and the Mindanao serin
• Carduelis – contains four species including the European goldfinch
• Serinus – contains eight species including the European serin
• Spinus – contains 20 species including the North American goldfinches and the Eurasian siskin