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'''Alternative name: Tibetan Siskin'''
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[[Image:Tibetan_Siskin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br > Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, [[China]]]]
[[Image:Tibetan_Siskin.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|James+Eaton|James Eaton}}<br>Location:  Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, [[China]]]]
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;[[:Category:Spinus|Spinus]] thibetanus
Alternate name: Tibetan Siskin
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''Carduelis thibetana''
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
12 cm.
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10–12 cm (4-4¾ in)
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*Thin bill
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*Forked tail<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Olive-green crown and upperparts
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*Yellow rump and upper-tail [[Topography#General Anatomy|coverts]]
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[Bhutan]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], and [[Nepal]].
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[[Image:IMG 3683bf.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Foraging males and females<br />Photo by {{user|paux|paux}}<br />W. Yunnan, [[China]], February 2016]]
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[[Asia]]: found in [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]]<br />
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'''South Asia''': [[India]], Eastern [[Himalayas]], [[Bhutan]], [[Indochina]] and [[Myanmar]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Tibetan Serin, Serinus thibetanus - (Sometimes Tibetan Siskin, Carduelis thibetana is used as in Grimmett et al. 1999).  
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.<br />
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
Temperate forests.
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Montane and sub-montane temperate mixed conifer and pine forests. Observed at heights around 1,500m.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of seeds, particularly alder and birch.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2016)
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Serinus+thibetanus}}
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{{GSearch|Serin+thibetan Use "Serin thibetan" to}}
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{{GSearch|Siskin+thibetan Use "Siskin thibetan" to}}
  
  
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Serinus]]
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Spinus]]

Latest revision as of 09:49, 29 September 2017

Alternative name: Tibetan Siskin

Photo by James Eaton
Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, China
Spinus thibetanus

Carduelis thibetana

Identification

10–12 cm (4-4¾ in)

  • Thin bill
  • Forked tail

Male

  • Olive-green crown and upperparts
  • Yellow rump and upper-tail coverts

Distribution

Foraging males and females
Photo by paux
W. Yunnan, China, February 2016

Asia: found in China, Tibet, Nepal
South Asia: India, Eastern Himalayas, Bhutan, Indochina and Myanmar

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Montane and sub-montane temperate mixed conifer and pine forests. Observed at heights around 1,500m.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of seeds, particularly alder and birch.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2016)

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