Birds of the World


Black Siskin (Spinus atratus) Range: SA: s Peru to n Chile and w Argentina Mendoza, Argentina In flight.
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Black Siskin (Spinus atratus) Range: SA: s Peru to n Chile and w Argentina Puno Province, Peru
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Black Siskin (Spinus atratus) Female Range: SA: s Peru to n Chile and w Argentina Lago Junín, Peru The female may look like the male, or may have more yellow.
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

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Black-capped Siskin (Spinus atriceps) Range: MA: s Mexico and Guatemala


Black-chinned Siskin (Spinus barbatus) Male Range: SA: s Chile, s Argentina and Falkland Is. Valle del Rio Olivia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
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Black-chinned Siskin (Spinus barbatus) Female Range: SA: s Chile, s Argentina and Falkland Is. Chile
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.


Thick-billed Siskin (Spinus crassirostris amadoni) Male Range: SA: s La Quinua, Pasco region, Peru
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas) © All Rights Reserved.


Red Siskin (Spinus cucullatus) Male Endangered Range: SA: ne Colombia, n, w Venezuela, s Guyana Dadanawa, Guyana
Photograph by Mikael Bauer © All Rights Reserved.


Antillean Siskin (Spinus dominicensis) Range: NA: Hispaniola Zapoten, Dominican Republic
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.


Lawrence's Goldfinch (Spinus lawrencei) Male Range: NA, MA: sw USA and nw Mexico Carrizo Plain National Monument, California, United States
Photograph by Alan Schmierer Image has been placed in the Public Domain.


Hooded Siskin (Spinus magellanicus) Male Range: SA: widespread Colca Canyon, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Hooded Siskin (Spinus magellanicus paulus) Female Range: SA: widespread Mejía, Peru
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Generally an Andean species, but (in Peru) sometimes makes its way down to sea level.


Black-headed Siskin (Spinus notatus forreri) Range: MA: Mexico to Nicaragua La Petaca Road, Sinaloa, Mexico
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Olivaceous Siskin (Spinus olivaceus) Male Range: SA: far sw Colombia and e Ecuador to n Bolivia Manu National Park, Peru
Photograph by Joel N. Rosenthal © All Rights Reserved.


Olivaceous Siskin (Spinus olivaceus) Female Range: SA: far sw Colombia and e Ecuador to n Bolivia Manu National Park, Peru
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Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus) Range: NA, MA: Canada to Guatemala Cap Tourmente National Wildlife, Quebec, Canada
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Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria colombianus) Male Range: NA, MA, SA: w USA to Peru ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria hesperophilus) Male Range: NA, MA, SA: w USA to Peru Waterman Canyon, San Bernardino, California, A green-backed Lesser Goldfinch (race hesperophilus) found in the USA and northwest Mexico.
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Female Range: NA, MA, SA: w USA to Peru Copacabana, Antioquia, Colombia Note small size and distinctive forked tail.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

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Saffron Siskin (Spinus siemiradzkii) Range: SA: sw Ecuador and nw Peru

Similar to Hooded Siskin but note lowland range.


Andean Siskin (Spinus spinescens) Male Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela Manizales, Colombia
Photograph by Felix Uribe © All Rights Reserved.

Male has black head. Female plain and similar to other siskins. Found over 2500m up to paramo.


Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus) Male Range: PAL: Subarctic to montane low temperate Palearctic forest and woods: British Is., n Scandinavia through Russia, nc Kazakhstan and nc Mongolia to Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (e Russia), Hokkaido, n Honshu (n Japan), n Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang Ireland
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Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus) Female Range: PAL: Subarctic to montane low temperate Palearctic forest and woods: British Is., n Scandinavia through Russia, nc Kazakhstan and nc Mongolia to Sea of Okhotsk, Sakhalin and Kuril Is. (e Russia), Hokkaido, n Honshu (n Japan), n Inner Mongolia and Heilongjiang Ireland
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Tibetan Serin (Spinus thibetanus) Range: OR: s temperate sc Palearctic montane forest: se Tibet, Sichuan, n Myanmar and nw Yunnan (wc China)


American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) Male Range: NA, MA: Canada to Mexico Redmond, Washington State, United States
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American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis) Female Range: NA, MA: Canada to Mexico Juanita Bay Park, Kirkland, Washington State, United States
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Yellow-rumped Siskin (Spinus uropygialis) Male Range: SA: s Peru to Chile and w Argentina San Pedro de Casta, Peru Note streaked back, yellow rump, larger size than other Siskins, and thick yellow wing bar.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-rumped Siskin (Spinus uropygialis) Immature Range: SA: s Peru to Chile and w Argentina San Pedro de Casta, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus) Male Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Bolivia Manizales, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus xanthogastrus) Female Range: MA, SA: Costa Rica to Bolivia Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Found from 1500 to 2800m, and is a bit patchily distributed. Compare female to Andean Siskin female, usually found higher.


Yellow-faced Siskin (Spinus yarrellii) Vulnerable Range: SA: n Venezuela and ne Brazil Sento Sé, Bahia, Brazil
Photograph by Ciro Albano - NE Brazil Birding © All Rights Reserved.