Voice
A diagnostic, querulous 'voyp-veeyi' contact call, oftenuttered in flight. Canary-like song is rather wispy, often incorporating the contact call.
Cape Siskin (Crithagra totta) [XC354345]
by Frank Lambert from Cape Town, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (call)
Cape Siskin (Crithagra totta) [XC509793]
by Frank Lambert from Cape of Good Hope NP, Western Cape, South Africa (call, flight call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus formerly subsumed within Serinus, but differs morphologically, in display behaviour and in breeding ecology. Forms a superspecies with Drakensberg Siskin (Crithagra symonsi), and previously considered conspecific.