siskin

noun2

1. •
   A small green and yellow European finch, Carduelis spinus spinus or Carduelis spinus, now Spinus spinus.

   • I sat there on a bench in dappled shade, beside an aviary full of brightly feathered finches and siskins fluttering about. — 2001
2. •
   Any of various similar birds in subfamily Carduelinae, principally in the genus Spinus.