From Opus

Includes Corsican Finch

Serinus citrinella

Photo by Momo
Chandolin, VS, Switzerland

[edit] Identification

12 cm. Grey upperparts, grey hind-neck, brown tinged, black streaked back, yellow underparts, yellow double wing bars, yellow rump, yellow face mask. Sexes similar.

They are small finches, not unlike a European greenfinch, in that the males are generally green.
If seen well, this is not a difficult species to identify.

[edit] Distribution

Southwestern Europe.

[edit] Taxonomy

• S. c. corsicana is considered a full species by some authorities, but here is treated as a subspecies. The latter view is supported by a recent genetic study (Förschler et al. 2009).

Photo by gerwin
Location: Lac de Nino, Corsica
Subspecies corsicana

[edit] Habitat

Mountains, coniferous forests and alpine meadows.

[edit] Behaviour

They nest in conifers.

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links