Colored with heavy gray-green markings The underparts are dull yellow with light black markings; the males can show bright yellow wing spots, waist and tail base when flying. Distributed in southern Europe to Egypt, east to Japan, the Korean Peninsula and China. It lives in forests, hills and plains. In autumn and winter, it is more common in plains or in sheltered places in the foothills of the forest. It feeds on the fruits and seeds of a variety of plants, and the staple food of alder, birch, elm, pine, and gymnosperm fruits, seeds and buds, as well as crops and seeds of weeds such as thistles, sunflowers, and weeds. Few insects.

Chinese name : Carduelis spinus

Latin name: Carduelis spinus

Alternative names: Yellow Bird, Golden Sparrow, Reed Orifice

Binomial: C. spinus

Kingdom: Animalia

phylum: Chordate

Class: Avian

Order: Finch Form order

Family: Finch

Genus: Goldfinch

Named: 1758

English name: Eurasian Siskin

English name:European Siskin

English name:Siskin

Named by:Linnaeus