Includes Corsican Finch
- Serinus citrinella
Identification
12 cm. Grey upperparts, grey hind-neck, brown tinged, black streaked back, yellow underparts, yellow double wing bars, yellow rump, yellow face mask. Sexes similar.
They are small finches, not unlike a European greenfinch, in that the males are generally green.
If seen well, this is not a difficult species to identify.
Distribution
Southwestern Europe.
Taxonomy
- S. c. corsicana is considered a full species by some authorities, but here is treated as a subspecies. The latter view is supported by a recent genetic study (Förschler et al. 2009).
Habitat
Mountains, coniferous forests and alpine meadows.
Behaviour
They nest in conifers.
References
Wikipedia
