Drakensberg Siskin (Crithagra symonsi) [XC518911]
by Frank Lambert from Sani Pass road switchbacks, Maloti-Drakensberg Park (near Mkhomazi Wilderness area), East Griqualand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (song)
Drakensberg Siskin (Crithagra symonsi) [XC518910]
by Frank Lambert from Sani Pass road switchbacks, Maloti-Drakensberg Park (near Mkhomazi Wilderness area), East Griqualand, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (flight call)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Genus formerly subsumed within Serinus, but differs morphologically, in display behaviour and in breeding ecology. Forms a superspecies with Cape Siskin (Crithagra totta), and previously considered conspecific.