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Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Syrische Kanarie
Common Names in English:
Syrian Serin, Tristram's Serin
Common Names in French:
Serin Syriaque
Common Names in German:
Zederngirlitz
Common Names in Hebrew:
בזבוז לבנון
Common Names in Japanese:
シリアセリン
Common Names in Spanish:
Verdecillo Sirio
Description
Habitat
Ecology: It breeds
in rocky tracts of open or semi-arid Mediterranean woodland, usually dominated by conifers such as Cedrus, Pinus, Abies and Juniperus1,2,3,5. It is a tree-nester that feeds
on the seeds of low annual
and perennial
grasses and herbs and that requires daily access
to drinking water3.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.5Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
3.8Shrubland - Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation
4.5Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- Perching Birds
- Subfamily:
Fringillinae
()
- Tribe:
Carduelini
()
- Genus:
Serinus
()
- Koch 1816 Syst.BaierischenZool. 1 p.228 pl.6A fig.50
- Specific name:
syriacus
- Bonaparte 1850 Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.523
- Scientific name: - Serinus syriacus Bonaparte 1850
- Specific name:
syriacus
- Bonaparte 1850 Consp.Gen.Av. 1 p.523
- Genus:
Serinus
(
- Tribe:
Carduelini
(
- Subfamily:
Fringillinae
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Serinus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 143 species and subspecies in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
S. alario (Black-Headed Canary) · S. alario leucolaema · S. albogularis (White-Throated Seedeater) · S. albogularis albogularis (White-Throated Seedeater) · S. albogularis crocopygius · S. albogularis hewitti · S. albogularis sordahlae · S. angolensis · S. angolensis somereni · S. ankoberensis (Ankober Serin) · S. atrogularis (Southern Yellow-Rumped Seedeater) · S. atrogularis atrogularis (Southern Yellow-Rumped Seedeater) · S. atrogularis deserti · S. atrogularis impiger · S. atrogularis lwenarum · S. atrogularis reichenowi · S. atrogularis rothschildi · S. aurifrons · S. buchanani · S. burtoni (Thick-Billed Seedeater) · S. burtoni albifrons · S. burtoni kilimensis · S. burtoni melanochrous · S. burtoni tanganjicae · S. canaria (Atlantic Canary) · S. canaria canaria (Atlantic Canary) · S. canaria domestica · S. canaria domesticus · S. canaria x · S. canarius · S. canarius germanicus · S. canicapillus · S. canicollis · S. canicollis canicollis · S. canicollis flavivertex · S. canicollis griseitergum · S. canicollis sassii · S. canicollis thompsonae · S. capistratus (Black-Faced Canary) · S. capistratus capistratus (Black-Faced Canary) · S. capistratus koliensis · S. chrysopyga · S. cintrinelloides frontalis · S. citrinella (Corsican Citril Finch) · S. citrinella citrinella (Corsican Citril Finch) · S. citrinella corsicana · S. citrinelloides (African Citril Finch) · S. citrinelloides citrinelloides (African Citril Finch) · S. citrinelloides hypostictus · S. citrinelloides kikuyensis · S. citrinipectus (Lemon-Breasted Seedeater) · S. corsicana · S. donaldsoni (Abyssinian Grosbeak-Canary) · S. donaldsoni buchanani · S. dorsostriatus (White-Bellied Canary) · S. dorsostriatus dorsostriatus (White-Bellied Canary) · S. dorsostriatus maculicollis · S. estherae (Malay Goldfinch) · S. estherae estherae (Malay Goldfinch) · S. estherae mindanensis · S. estherae renatae · S. estherae vanderbilti · S. flavigula (Yellow-Throated Seed-Eater) · S. flaviventris (Yellow Canary) · S. flaviventris damarensis · S. flaviventris dorsostriatus · S. flaviventris flaviventris (Yellow Canary) · S. flaviventris marshalli · S. flavivertex · S. flavivertex sassii · S. frommi · S. frontalis · S. graueri · S. gularis (Streaky-Headed Seedeater) · S. gularis endemion · S. gularis gularis (Streaky-Headed Seedeater) · S. gularis mendosus · S. gularis reichardi · S. gularis striatipectus · S. hartlaubi · S. hypostictus · S. icterus · S. icterus barbatus · S. kilimensis · S. koliensis · S. leucolaema · S. leucopterus (White-Winged Seedeater) · S. leucopygius (White-Rumped Seedeater) · S. leucopygius riggenbachi · S. maculicollis · S. marshalli · S. melanochrous (Kipengere Seedeater) · S. menachensis (Yemeni Seedeater) · S. menelli · S. mennelli (Black-Eared Seedeater) · S. mozambicus (Yellow-Fronted Canary) · S. mozambicus barbatus · S. mozambicus caniceps · S. mozambicus gommaensis · S. mozambicus granti
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Further Reading
- Asteroid notes. Northfield, Minn, Goodsell Observatory of Carleton College, 1934-1950. ENG url p. 217.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. ENG url p. 372.
- Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum / By E. W. Oates [and afterwards] by S. G. Reid [and] W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. London, 1901-12. ENG url p. 217.
- Collar, N.J. and Andrew, P. 1988. Birds to Watch. The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds. ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Page Bros. (Norwich) Ltd, Norfolk, England.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2004. Serinus syriacus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Israel Nature and Parks Authority
- University of Michigan Museum of Zoology (UMMZ): Bird specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3850028
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-562971
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 562971
- IUCN ID: 40405
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 146961
Footnotes
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
