Corsican Finch (Carduelis corsicana) - BirdLife species factsheet

Corsican Finch Carduelis corsicana

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

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.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2024	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Range

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	50,400 km²
Extent of Occurrence (non-breeding)	51,600 km²
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	26000-51000 mature individuals	poor	estimated	2018
Population trend	unknown	-	suspected	-
Generation length	2.28 years	-	-	-

Population justification: This species is endemic to Europe, where the total population size is estimated at 26,000-51,000 mature individuals, with 13,000-25,500 breeding pairs (BirdLife International 2021). The population trend is considered unknown (BirdLife International 2021).

Trend justification: .

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
France	extant	native		yes
Italy	extant	native		yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Shrubland	Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation	major	resident
Altitude	0 - 1930 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Corsican Finch Carduelis corsicana. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/corsican-finch-carduelis-corsicana 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.