Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias)  
Genus: Serinus (8 species)


Black-headed Canary
Black-headed Canary (Serinus alario)
Range: AF: South Africa
Western Cape, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Atlantic Canary
Atlantic Canary (Serinus canaria) Male
Range: AF: insular sw Palearctic in all habitats: Azores, Madeira and w, c Canary Is. (nw to c Macaronesia, nw of n Africa)
Jardim do Mar, Madeira, Spain  
 
Photograph by Allan Hopkins     Copyright and usage info


Cape Canary
Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis) Male
Range: AF: s
Western Cape, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.

Cape Canary
Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis) Female
Range: AF: s
Plettenberg Bay, South Africa
  Female is streaked.
 
Photograph by Graham Searll   © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-crowned Canary
Yellow-crowned Canary (Serinus flavivertex)
Range: AF: ne, e Africa, c Angola
Kenya  
 
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


Ethiopian Siskin
Ethiopian Siskin (Serinus nigriceps) Male
Range: AF: montane w Ethiopia
Sanetti Plateau, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Red-fronted Serin
Red-fronted Serin (Serinus pusillus)
Range: PAL: sc temperate Palearctic in montane forest edge and alpine scrub: Turkey and Caucasus through n Iran and s Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and se Kazakhstan to nw Xinjiang (nw China) and sw Mongolia; in s to sc Iran, n Baluchistan (nc Pak
 
 
Photograph by koray kutlutürk   © All Rights Reserved.


European Serin
European Serin (Serinus serinus)
Range: PAL, AF: temperate to subtropical w Palearctic in woods, gardens, scrub: n France to far s Scandinavia and to n Estonia and far w Russia; s to Iberian Pen., Tenerife and Gran Canaria (c Canary Is., Macaronesia, w of n Africa) and Morocco to w Libya (nw, nc Africa)
Spain  
 
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.


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Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus) Vulnerable
Range: PAL, AF: subtropical sw Palearctic montane open woodland, orchards: Lebanon, far n Israel, far s Syria and sw Jordan
 




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