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Taxonomic source(s)
AERC TAC. 2003. AERC TAC Checklist of bird taxa occurring in Western Palearctic region, 15th Draft. Available at: http://www.aerc.eu/DOCS/Bird_taxa_of_the_WP15.xls.
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	altitudinal migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	1,110,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	500000-565000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2012
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	-
Generation length	4.4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The breeding population, which is confined to Europe, is estimated to number 250,000-283,000 pairs, which equates to 500,000-565,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015).

Trend justification: The population size is estimated to be decreasing by less than 25% in 13.2 years (three generations) (BirdLife International 2015).

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
Andorra	extant	native	yes
Austria	extant	native	yes
Belgium	extant	vagrant
France	extant	native	yes			yes
Germany	extant	native		yes
Italy	extant	native	yes
Liechtenstein	extant	native		yes
Montenegro	extant	native		yes
Poland	extant	vagrant
Portugal	extant	vagrant
Serbia	extant	native		yes
Slovenia	extant	native		yes
Spain	extant	native	yes
Switzerland	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Andorra	Pirineo de Andorra
Austria	Kaisergebirge
Austria	Karwendel
Germany	Ammergau mountains
Germany	Berchtesgaden National Park
Germany	Central Black Forest
Germany	Karwendel and Karwendel foothills
Germany	Northern Black Forest
Liechtenstein	Garselli-Zigerberg, Alpengebiet
Spain	Babia-Somiedo
Spain	Ordesa-Bielsa
Spain	Posets-Maladeta
Spain	San Mauricio-Bohí-Beret
Switzerland	Aletsch region
Switzerland	Augstmatthorn
Switzerland	Bregaglia valley
Switzerland	Central Valais between Sierre and Visp
Switzerland	Heinzenberg mountain and surrounding valleys
Switzerland	Lower Engadine and Swiss National Park
Switzerland	Maggia valley
Switzerland	Mont Tendre
Switzerland	Piora - Dötra
Switzerland	Pre-alpine region of Gurnigel
Switzerland	Pre-alpine region of Pays d'Enhaut
Switzerland	Pre-alpine region of Schwyz
Switzerland	Simplon region
Switzerland	Upper Toggenburg and Säntis
Switzerland	Valley of Zermatt

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Forest	Temperate	major	resident
Grassland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Temperate	suitable	resident
Altitude	1500 - 2500 m	Occasional altitudinal limits	700 - 3300 m

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Citril Finch Carduelis citrinella. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/citril-finch-carduelis-citrinella on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.