Tibetan Serin
| Tibetan Serin | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Genus: | Serinus (but see text) |
| Species: | S. thibetanus |
| Binomial name | |
| c (Hume, 1872) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Carduelis thibetana | |
The Tibetan Serin (Serinus thibetanus) or Tibetan Siskin, is a true finch species (family Fringillidae).
Taxonomy and Systematics
This species was formerly placed in Carduelis.
Description
Size(head, body and tail) of this species is around 12 cm. Tibetan Siskin lacks Yellow panels on wing in all plumages. Adult male has olive-greenish upperparts, yellow underparts, yellowish-green rump, yellow supercellium and border behind ear-coverts. Wing and tail feather of this bird species are broadly differentiated by yellowish-green color. While females of this species has black streaking on darker greyish-green upperparts, more clearly defined wing-bars than their male counterparts, paler yellowish throat and black flanked breast with streaking. Juveniles are duller green, tinged brownish-buff on upperparts, with duller rump, buff fringes to greater coverts and paler or heavily streaked underparts.
Distribution
Country wise it is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. In winters this species spent in central and eastern Himalaya. A group of birders from West Bengal found its presence in Hee Village near Varsey Rhododendron Sanctuary, Sikkim, India in the month of March 2013.
Habitat
Tibetan Serin generally breed in mixed forest and spend their winter in alder.
Voice
Their soft chattering sound is much like twang twang.
Phylogeny
It has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[2]
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Serinus thibetanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ↑ Arnaiz-Villena, Antonio; Alvarez-Tejado M., Ruiz-del-Valle V., García-de-la-Torre C., Varela P, Recio M. J., Ferre S., Martinez-Laso J. (1999). "Rapid Radiation of Canaries (Genus Serinus)". Mol. Biol. Evol. 16:2–11.