Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus)

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
10 - 11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, high altitude grassland and shrubland. From 1,400 - 3,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus) [XC656027]
by Sjoerd Mayer from Nuestra Senora De La Paz (near La Paz), Murillo, Departamento de La Paz, Bolivia (call)

Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus) [XC532739]
by Sergio C\u00f3rdoba-C\u00f3rdoba (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from La Cristalina, Colombia (?)

Subspecies
Has recently been proposed that this species be placed in genus Spinus or Sporagra, and revision may be justifiable as phylogenetic analysis indicates that South American siskins are only distantly related to the two Holarctic species (Eurasian Siskin (Spinus spinus) and Pine Siskin (Spinus pinus)), but comprehensive review of all species currently included within present genus is required in order to determine true relationships.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

xanthogastra (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855) - Mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama (western Chiriqui), Colombia, north-western and northern Venezuela and north-western and south-western Ecuador.
stejnegeri (Sharpe, 1888) - Extreme south-eastern Peru (eastern Puno) and western Bolivia.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus) - 10 files

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