Serinus
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The genus Serinus is a large genus of birds in the finch family Fringillidae. It includes the canaries, seedeaters and the African siskins.
The full list of species is:
- Red-fronted Serin, Serinus pusillus
- European Serin, Serinus serinus
- Syrian Serin, Serinus syriacus
- Canary, Serinus canaria
- Tibetan Serin, Serinus thibetanus
- Cape Canary, Serinus canicollis
- Abyssinian Siskin, Serinus nigriceps
- African Citril, Serinus citrinelloides
- Black-faced Canary, Serinus capistratus
- Papyrus Canary, Serinus koliensis
- Forest Canary, Serinus scotops
- White-rumped Seedeater, Serinus leucopygius
- Olive-rumped Serin, Serinus rothschildi
- Yellow-throated Serin, Serinus flavigula
- Salvadori's Serin, Serinus xantholaemus
- Black-throated Canary, Serinus atrogularis
- Yellow-rumped Serin, Serinus xanthopygius
- Lemon-breasted Seedeater, Serinus citrinipectus
- Yellow-fronted Canary, Serinus mozambicus
- Northern Grosbeak-canary, Serinus donaldsoni
- Southern Grosbeak-canary, Serinus buchanani
- White-bellied Canary, Serinus dorsostriatus
- Yellow Canary, Serinus flaviventris
- Brimstone Canary, Serinus sulphuratus
- Reichard's Seedeater, Serinus reichardi
- White-throated Canary, Serinus albogularis
- Streaky-headed Seedeater, Serinus gularis
- Black-eared Seedeater, Serinus mennelli
- Brown-rumped Seedeater, Serinus tristriatus
- Yemen Serin, Serinus menachensis
- Ankober Serin, Serinus ankoberensis
- Streaky Seedeater, Serinus striolatus
- Thick-billed Seedeater, Serinus burtoni
- Principe Seedeater, Serinus rufobrunneus
- Protea Canary, Serinus leucopterus
- Cape Siskin, Serinus totta
- Drakensberg Siskin, Serinus symonsi
- Black-headed Canary, Serinus alario
- Mountain Serin, Serinus estherae
The Citril Finch, and the Corsican Finch are now placed in the genus Carduelis as Carduelis citrinella and Carduelis corsicana (Arnaiz-Villena et al., 1998).
[edit] References
- Arnaiz-Villena, A.; Álvarez-Tejado, M.; Ruiz-del-Valle, V.; García-de-la-Torre, C.; Varela, P.; Recio, M. J.; Ferre. S. & Martínez-Laso, J. (1998): Phylogeny and rapid Northern and Southern Hemisphere speciation of goldfinches during the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 54: 1031–1041. DOI:10.1007/s000180050230 (article, PDF fulltext) DOI:10.1007/s000180050280 (erratum, PDF fulltext)
[edit] External links
- Serin videos on the Internet Bird Collection
