This may be an undescribed subspecies, showing red instead of yellow in the plumage
Photo © by julienl
Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia, May 2018
Photo © by julienl
Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia, May 2018
- Chrysocorythus estherae
Serinus estherae
Identification
11–12 cm (4¼-4¾ in)
- Whitish around the eye
- Yellow forehead and lower side of crown
- Yellow wing bars and rump
Distribution
Indonesia and the Philippines.
Taxonomy
Previously placed in the genus Serinus
Subspecies
Five subspecies recognized[1]:
- C. e. vanderbilti in the mountains of northern Sumatra
- C. e. estherae in the mountains of western Java
- C. e. orientalis in the Tengger Mountains (south-central Java)
- C. e. renatae in the mountains of Sulawesi
- C. e. mindanensis in the southern Philippines (Mount Katanglad and Mount Apo on Mindanao)
Habitat
Upland grasslands and meadow dominated by heather.
Behaviour
Diet
There is little known about their diet, but they probably eat a variety of seeds and small fruit. They forage on the ground or in low bushes.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2015. IOC World Bird Names (version 5.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Dickinson, EC, ed. 2014. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 4th ed. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0956861122
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2018)
- Taxonomy thread regarding possible undescribed subspecies at Lore Lindu
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Mountain Serin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mountain_Serin
