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[[Image:Serin3wgwynne.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Gwynn|Gwynn}}<br/> [[Austria]], April 2009]]
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[[Image:European_Serin.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by Gwynn]]
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;[[:Category:Serinus|Serinus]] serinus
==Bird Song==
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<flashmp3>Serinus serinus (song).mp3</flashmp3><br />
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==Identification==
''[[Media:Serinus serinus (song).mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
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5 in (11-12 cm)
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*Grey green above with dark streaks
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*Yellow rump
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*Yellow breast with streaks
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*White belly with heavy streaks
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'''Male'''
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*Brighter yellow face and breast
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*Yellow wing bars
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*Yellow sides to tail
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[[Image:Serin18.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Probable female<br />Photo by {{user|Kevin+Wade|Kevin Wade}}<br />Marbella, [[Spain]], May 2013]]
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==Distribution==
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Western [[Palearctic]]: resident in the area around the Mediterranean, migrant breeder further north. <br />  
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North [[Africa]]: resident in [[Morocco]], [[Algeria]], [[Tunisia]], [[Libya]], and [[Egypt]], but supplemented with migrants in winter. <br />
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[[Europe]]: resident in [[Portugal]], [[Spain]], parts of [[France]], [[Italy]], and the [[Balkans]], and summer migrant to rest of France, Central Europe, [[Estonia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Latvia]], [[Belarus]], [[Ukraine]], and in small numbers to [[Denmark]] and [[Sweden]]. In the [[UK]] is common on passage and a rare breeder. <br />
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[[Middle East]]: resident in parts of [[Turkey]], [[Lebanon]], and [[Israel]], with other parts of Turkey only visited in summer and with winter migrants in larger parts of the Middle East.
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[[Image:Serin 775.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by the late '''[http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=35827 Jim Wood]'''<br />Donana, [[Spain]], 2009]]
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
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==Habitat==
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Open mixed woodlands, parks and gardens.
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==Gallery==
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Click on images to enlarge
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<gallery>
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Image:DSC 8099.JPG|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|johnny+boy|johnny boy}}<br />Lagos, [[Portugal]], May 2011
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Image:1264367.jpg|Female (after ringing), possibly juvenile <br />Photo by {{user|ESTEBANNIC|ESTEBANNIC}}<br />Parc del Llevant, [[Mallorca]], [[Spain]], October 2004
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</gallery>
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==Behaviour==
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====Breeding====
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It nests in a shrub or tree. The clutch consists of 3-5 eggs.
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====Diet====
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The diet includes mainly seeds; insects are also taken in the breeding season.
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====Vocalisation====
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{{ Audio|Serinus serinus (song).mp3 }}
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thOct12}}#Wikipedia
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# Beaman, M., S. Madge, K.M. Olsen. 1998. Fuglene i Europa, Nordafrika og Mellemøsten. Copenhagen, Denmark: Gads Forlag, ISBN 87-12-02276-4
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# Svensson, Mullarney, Zetterström 2009. Birds of Europe, second edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford. ISBN 978-0-691-14392-7
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{{ref}}
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==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|"Serinus Serinus" {{!}} "European Serin"}}
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{{GS-checked}}1
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[[Category:Birds]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Serinus]] [[Category:Bird Songs]]

Latest revision as of 20:33, 27 April 2023

Photo by Gwynn
Austria, April 2009
Serinus serinus

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
Probable female
Photo by Kevin Wade
Marbella, Spain, May 2013

Distribution

Western Palearctic: resident in the area around the Mediterranean, migrant breeder further north.
North Africa: resident in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Egypt, but supplemented with migrants in winter.
Europe: resident in Portugal, Spain, parts of France, Italy, and the Balkans, and summer migrant to rest of France, Central Europe, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, and in small numbers to Denmark and Sweden. In the UK is common on passage and a rare breeder.
Middle East: resident in parts of Turkey, Lebanon, and Israel, with other parts of Turkey only visited in summer and with winter migrants in larger parts of the Middle East.

Photo by the late Jim Wood
Donana, Spain, 2009

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Open mixed woodlands, parks and gardens.

Gallery

Click on images to enlarge

Behaviour

Breeding

It nests in a shrub or tree. The clutch consists of 3-5 eggs.

Diet

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

Vocalisation

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2012. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  2. Wikipedia
  3. Beaman, M., S. Madge, K.M. Olsen. 1998. Fuglene i Europa, Nordafrika og Mellemøsten. Copenhagen, Denmark: Gads Forlag, ISBN 87-12-02276-4
  4. Svensson, Mullarney, Zetterström 2009. Birds of Europe, second edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford. ISBN 978-0-691-14392-7

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1

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