Carduelis chloris
            
                (L 5.5-6.35")
          
         
         
            
               Has been domesticated and
               bred by the people of Malta.
          
         
         
            
               Knudshoved, Fyn
            
               27Aug2013
          
         
            
               Green finch and linnet bird,
               nightingale, blackbird,
            
               teach me how to sing.
            
               If I cannot fly...
            
               Let me sing.
            
                   (TheAlchemicAngel)
          
         
            
               Carduelis is Latin for
               goldfinch; chloris is Greek for
               green or yellowish-green.
          
         
            
               © Arnoud B.
               van den Berg
               Macaulay
               Library