Birds Guide

Serinus
A cultivated S. canaria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia   Phylum: Chordata   Class: Aves   Order: Passeriformes   Family: Fringillidae   Genus: Serinus Koch, 1816
Species
See text.

The genus Serinus is a large genus of birds in the finch family Fringillidae. It includes the canaries, seedeaters and the African siskins.

The full list of species is:

• Red-fronted Serin, Serinus pusillus
  European Serin, Serinus serinus
  Syrian Serin, Serinus syriacus
  Canary, Serinus canaria
  Tibetan Serin, Serinus thibetanus
  Cape Canary, Serinus canicollis
  Abyssinian Siskin, Serinus nigriceps
  African Citril, Serinus citrinelloides
  Black-faced Canary, Serinus capistratus
  Papyrus Canary, Serinus koliensis
  Forest Canary, Serinus scotops
  White-rumped Seedeater, Serinus leucopygius
  Olive-rumped Serin, Serinus rothschildi
  Yellow-throated Serin, Serinus flavigula
  Salvadori's Serin, Serinus xantholaemus
  Black-throated Canary, Serinus atrogularis
  Yellow-rumped Serin, Serinus xanthopygius
  Lemon-breasted Seedeater, Serinus citrinipectus
  Yellow-fronted Canary, Serinus mozambicus
  Northern Grosbeak-canary, Serinus donaldsoni
  Southern Grosbeak-canary, Serinus buchanani
  White-bellied Canary, Serinus dorsostriatus
  Yellow Canary, Serinus flaviventris
  Brimstone Canary, Serinus sulphuratus
  Reichard's Seedeater, Serinus reichardi
  White-throated Canary, Serinus albogularis
  Streaky-headed Seedeater, Serinus gularis
  Black-eared Seedeater, Serinus mennelli
  Brown-rumped Seedeater, Serinus tristriatus
  Yemen Serin, Serinus menachensis
  Ankober Serin, Serinus ankoberensis
  Streaky Seedeater, Serinus striolatus
  Thick-billed Seedeater, Serinus burtoni
  Principe Seedeater, Serinus rufobrunneus
  Protea Canary, Serinus leucopterus
  Cape Siskin, Serinus totta
  Drakensberg Siskin, Serinus symonsi
  Black-headed Canary, Serinus alario
  Mountain Serin, Serinus estherae

The Citril Finch, and the Corsican Finch are now placed in the genus Carduelis as Carduelis citrinella and Carduelis corsicana (Arnaiz-Villena et al., 1998).

References

• Arnaiz-Villena, A.; Álvarez-Tejado, M.; Ruiz-del-Valle, V.; García-de-la-Torre, C.; Varela, P.; Recio, M. J.; Ferre. S. & Martínez-Laso, J. (1998): Phylogeny and rapid Northern and Southern Hemisphere speciation of goldfinches during the Miocene and Pliocene Epochs. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 54: 1031–1041. DOI:10.1007/s000180050230 (article, PDF fulltext) DOI:10.1007/s000180050280 (erratum, PDF fulltext)