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[[Image:May20 038 copia Medium .jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Digitalbcon|Digitalbcon}}<br/ >Bogotá, [[Colombia]], May 2009]] | [[Image:May20 038 copia Medium .jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Digitalbcon|Digitalbcon}}<br/ >Bogotá, [[Colombia]], May 2009]] | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Ecuador]] | [[South America]]: found in [[Colombia]], [[Venezuela]] and [[Ecuador]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | Formerly placed in genus ''[[:Category:Carduelis|Carduelis]]''. | ||
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>==== | ||
| − | *'' | + | *''S. s. spinescens (capitanea)'': |
:*Andes of [[Colombia]] to [[Venezuela]] and extreme north-western [[Ecuador]] | :*Andes of [[Colombia]] to [[Venezuela]] and extreme north-western [[Ecuador]] | ||
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:*Temperate central and western Andes of northern [[Colombia]] | :*Temperate central and western Andes of northern [[Colombia]] | ||
| − | A third subspecies '' | + | A third subspecies ''S. s. capitanea'' is recognised by some aurthors<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup> |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Moist montanes, high-altitude shrubland, and high-altitude grassland. | Moist montanes, high-altitude shrubland, and high-altitude grassland. | ||
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- Spinus spinescens
Carduelis spinescens
Identification
Distribution
South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador
Taxonomy
Formerly placed in genus Carduelis.
Subspecies[1]
- S. s. spinescens (capitanea):
- S. s. nigricauda:
- Temperate central and western Andes of northern Colombia
A third subspecies S. s. capitanea is recognised by some aurthors[2]
Habitat
Moist montanes, high-altitude shrubland, and high-altitude grassland.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Andean Siskin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Andean_Siskin
