Subfamily Carduelinae (finch)
Reptilia - Passeriformes - Fringillidae
Parent taxon: Fringillidae according to S. L. Olson and H. F. James 1982
Sister taxa: Ammodramus, Carduelis, Carpodacus, Drepanidini, Junco, Loxia, Melospiza, Passerella, Passerina, Pinicola, Pipilo, Zonotrichia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: volant granivore