Hooded Siskin (Spinus) [XC325766]
by Pedro Rinaldi from Monte Alegre, Tel\u00eamaco Borba, Paran\u00e1, Brazil (song)
Hooded Siskin (Spinus magellanicus) [XC291621]
by Fernando Igor de Godoy from Santa B\u00e1rbara Ecological Station, S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (song)
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. Has been considered conspecific with Olivaceous Siskin (Spinus olivaceus), from which it differs mainly in habitat preference, but the two hybridize in north-western Peru. Further research is required. Hybridizes with Yellow-rumped Siskin (Spinus uropygialis) in southern Peru. Subspecies boliviana possibly of hybrid origin.
The following 12 subspecies are recognised:
longirostris (Sharpe, 1888) - South-western and south-eastern Venezuela, western Guyana and adjacent northern Brazil.
capitalis (Cabanis, 1866) - Central Andes from west-central and southern Colombia and central Ecuador south to north-western Peru (La Libertad).
paulus (Todd, 1926) - Southern Ecuador (Milagros) southern in western Andes to south-western Peru (Arequipa).
peruana (Berlepsch and Stolzmann, 1896) - Tropical and subtropical central Peru (Huánuco to Ayacucho and Cuzco).
urubambensis Todd, 1926 - Southern Peru and northern Chile.
santaecrucis Todd, 1926 - Central Bolivia.
bolivianus (Sharpe, 1888) - Temperate central and southern Bolivia.
hoyi (König, C, 1981) - Central Andes of north-western Argentina (Jujuy Province).
tucumanus (Todd, 1926) - Western Andes and foothills of northern Argentina (Jujuy south to eastern Mendoza).
alleni Ridgway, 1899 - South-eastern Bolivia, Paraguay and north-eastern Argentina.
ictericus (M. H. C. Lichtenstein, 1823) - Eastern and south-eastern Brazil and eastern and southern Paraguay.
magellanicus (Vieillot, 1805) - Uruguay and eastern Argentina (southern Corrientes to Río Negro).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet