Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus) | Photos, Calls and ID

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Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), photo 1 — Photo: tomas_kay · CC BY 4.0

Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), photo 2 — Photo: ramidos · CC BY 4.0

Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), photo 3 — Photo: Nachman bones · CC BY 4.0

Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), photo 4 — Photo: Nachman bones · CC BY 4.0

Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), photo 5 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), photo 6 — Photo: Aharoni J. · CC0

Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), photo 7 — Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), photo 8 — Photo: ramidos · CC BY 4.0

Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Nachman bones, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus), photo 10 — Photo: (c) tomas_kay, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Syrian Serin

The Syrian serin is a brightly coloured small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

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The Syrian serin is prettily coloured with bright yellow and pale grey feathers. The eyes are large and are surrounded by a bright yellow ring. The beak is grey and the legs are pale pinkish-grey. It has a long trilling call and may also chirp and twitter.

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Where the Syrian Serin lives

Regular range

Israel Palestinian Territories Lebanon Jordan Syria Saudi Arabia

When to see the Syrian Serin

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Peak activity in June · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Ethiopian SiskinSerinus nigricepsThe Ethiopian siskin or Abyssinian siskin is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.

Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertexThe yellow-crowned canary is a small passerine bird in the finch family.

Black-headed CanarySerinus alarioThe black-headed canary is 12–15 cm in length.

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