Tibetan Serin (Spinus thibetanus)
About the Tibetan Serin
The Tibetan serin (Spinus thibetanus) or Tibetan siskin is a true finch species (family Fringillidae). The Tibetan serin was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but was assigned to the genus Spinus based on a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. The first description of the species was by the British ornithologist Allan Octavian Hume in 1872 under the binomial name Chrysomitris thibetanus. In the 19th century, it was also referred to as the Sikkim siskin. At that time, the Lepcha of Sikkim referred to it as tŭk nyil nyón ('fierce wormwood').
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 15 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA · 3 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.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in China, India, Nepal in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- American GoldfinchSpinus tristisrecording
- Andean SiskinSpinus spinescensrecording
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinusrecording
- Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicusrecording
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltriarecording
- Pine SiskinSpinus pinusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.