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Photo by Gwynn
Austria, April 2009

Serinus serinus

[edit] Identification

5 in (11-12 cm)

• Grey green above with dark streaks
• Yellow rump
• Yellow breast with streaks
• White belly with heavy streaks

Male

• Brighter yellow face and breast
• Yellow wing bars
• Yellow sides to tail

[edit] Distribution

Southern Palearctic.

Southern and central Europe and north Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Open woodlands.

[edit] Behaviour

It nests in a shrub or tree; 3-5 eggs are laid.

The diet includes mainly seeds; insects are also taken in the breeding season.

[edit] Vocalisation

[edit] References

Wikipedia

[edit] External Links