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Alternative name: Arabian Serin

Photo by ammadoux
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, January 2012

Serinus rothschildi

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Middle East: found in the highlands of west and south west Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

[edit] Taxonomy

Placed in genus Crithagra by Gill and Donsker.

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Photo by ammadoux
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, January 2012

[edit] Habitat

Dry forests and shrubland.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Avibase

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