---
title: "Verdilhão-serrano"
description: "Carduelis citrinella — Aves. The citril finch (Carduelis citrinella), also known as the Alpine citril finch, is a small songbird, a member of the true finch family, Fringillidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/citril-finch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Verdilhão-serrano

> Carduelis citrinella — Aves. The citril finch (Carduelis citrinella), also known as the Alpine citril finch, is a small songbird, a member of the true finch family, Fringillidae.

- Scientific name: *Carduelis citrinella*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montanhas)
- iNaturalist observations: 1171
- Wikidata: [Q206550](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206550)
- iNaturalist taxon: [9237](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/9237)

## Names

- en: Citril Finch
- de: Zitronenzeisig
- es: Verderón Serrano
- fr: Venturon montagnard
- nl: Citroensijs
- pt: Verdilhão-serrano
- pl: Osetnik

## Countries with the most observations

FR (364), ES (251), IT (119), CH (91), AT (50), AD (46), DE (46)

## Summary

The citril finch (Carduelis citrinella), also known as the Alpine citril finch, is a small songbird, a member of the true finch family, Fringillidae. 
This bird is a resident breeder in the mountains of southwestern Europe from Spain to the Alps. Its northernmost breeding area is found in the Black Forest of southwestern Germany.

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

## Photo

![Verdilhão-serrano](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/citril-finch/medium.jpg)

Photo: José Antonio León Mangado · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/400499328

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/citril-finch?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).