European Serin (Serinus serinus)
About the European Serin
The European serin, or simply the serin (Serinus serinus), is the smallest species of the family of finches (Fringillidae) and is closely related to the Atlantic canary. Its diet consists mainly of a combination of buds and seeds. The European serin was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1766 in the 12th edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Fringilla serinus. The Latin serinus comes from the French word serin for a canary. The French word may be a corruption of the Latin word citrinus meaning "lemon-coloured".
A real field recording of the European Serin. Press play and focus on the rhythm and pitch of each phrase.
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1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 1,653 recordings for this species in total.
Similar species
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canariaprofile
- Black-headed CanarySerinus alarioprofile
- Cape CanarySerinus canicollisprofile
- Ethiopian SiskinSerinus nigricepsprofile
- Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillusprofile
- Syrian SerinSerinus syriacusprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.