Arabian Serin (Crithagra rothschildi)
About the Arabian Serin
The Arabian serin (Crithagra rothschildi), also known as the olive-rumped serin, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is native to the Sarawat Mountains of western Saudi Arabia and Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The Arabian serin was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the Arabian serin were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 11 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-SA · 5 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Saudi Arabia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- African CitrilCrithagra citrinelloidesrecording
- Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowirecording
- Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolatarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.