Black-chinned Siskin - BirdForum Opus

Photo © by Rodrigo Reyes
Puerto Bertrand, XI Region, Patagonia, Chile, December 2005

Spinus barbatus

Carduelis barbata

Identification

Size: 12-15 cm, wing 7.3 cm, weight 15.9g
Male: black cap, small black patch on the chin, greenish-yellow with yellowish rump, face and underparts.
Female: Two colour morphs: yellow and grey. Slightly duller than the male.

Distribution

South America in Chile (southern 2/3), South Argentina and the Falkland Islands.

Grey morph female (with male behind)
Photo © by Rodrigo Reyes
Viña del Mar, Chile, November 2005

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Formerly placed in genus Carduelis.

Habitat

Woodlands and areas with some trees.

Behaviour

Breeding

Male
Photo © by rdavis
The Settlement, Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, January 2011

Breeding takes place in early Sep-Dec in the Falklands; the nest is a neat cup of fine grass, lined with hair, wool or root fibres, placed in fork of a large bush up to 1.8 m above ground or in mature Tussac grass. The clutch consists of three to five pinkish-white eggs marked with red-brown spots.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Arthur Grosset
3. Birds of the Falklands

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-chinned Siskin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-chinned_Siskin

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