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title: "Gray-crowned Goldfinch"
description: "Carduelis caniceps — Birds. The grey-crowned goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps), also known as the eastern goldfinch, Himalayan goldfinch or the grey-capped goldfinch, is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae that is distributed throughout Central Asia and the Himalayas."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/gray-crowned-goldfinch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Gray-crowned Goldfinch

> Carduelis caniceps — Birds. The grey-crowned goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps), also known as the eastern goldfinch, Himalayan goldfinch or the grey-capped goldfinch, is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae that is distributed throughout Central Asia and the Himalayas.

- Scientific name: *Carduelis caniceps*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Mountains)
- iNaturalist observations: 904
- Wikidata: [Q606679](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q606679)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1584584](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1584584)

## Names

- en: Gray-crowned Goldfinch
- de: Graukopfstieglitz
- es: Jilguero oriental
- fr: Chardonneret de l'Himalaya
- pt: Pintassilgo-dos-himalaias

## Countries with the most observations

RU (432), KZ (163), IN (88), CN (67), KG (57), IR (21), UZ (20), PK (12), TJ (3)

## Summary

The grey-crowned goldfinch (Carduelis caniceps), also known as the eastern goldfinch, Himalayan goldfinch or the grey-capped goldfinch, is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae that is distributed throughout Central Asia and the Himalayas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey-crowned_goldfinch

## Photo

![Gray-crowned Goldfinch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/gray-crowned-goldfinch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/115134001

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/gray-crowned-goldfinch?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).