Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus)
About the Yellow-bellied Siskin
The yellow-bellied siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus) is a small passerine bird in the family Fringillidae, the finches and euphonias. It is found from Costa Rica south to Bolivia. The yellow-bellied siskin has a complicated taxonomic history. It was originally described in 1855 with the binomial Chrysomitris xanthogastra. It was later moved to what was then the subgenus Spinus within genus Carduelis and also spent time in genus Sporagra. Beginning in about 2009 the subgenus was elevated to full genus level and the yellow-bellied siskin, the rest of the New World siskins, and the New World goldfinches were therefore elevated to now-genus Spinus. The yellow-bellied siskin has two subspecies, the nominate S. x. xanthogastrus (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855) and S. x. stejnegeri (Sharpe, 1888).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 55 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA. 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 Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador 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.