Mountain Serin (Chrysocorythus estherae)

Other Names (World)
Mountain Serin, Malaysian Serin, Malaysian Finch, Malaysian Goldfinch, Sunda Serin (Sunda subspecies), Javan Greenfinch (estherae and orientalis), Indonesian Serin (estherae), Mindanao Serin (mindanensis)

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
12 - 12.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Finsch, 1902)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Philippines.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Indonesian Serin (Chrysocorythus estherae) [XC615463]
by id from Sulawesi, Lore Lindu, upper Anaso Trail, Poso, Indonesia (song)

Indonesian Serin (Chrysocorythus estherae) [XC203344]
by Mike Nelson from Lore Lindu National Park, Sulawesi, Indonesia (call, song)

Subspecies
Taxonomic identity of population in north-central Sulawesi unknown. Further research required.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

vanderbilti (Meyer de Schauensee, 1939) - Northern Sumatra (Mt Leuser area).
estherae (Finsch, 1902) - Western Java (Mt Pangrango).
orientalis Chasen, 1940 - Eastern Java (Tengger Mts and western Yang).
mindanensis (Ripley & Rabor, 1961) - Central Mindanao (Mt Kitanglad and Mt Apo), in southern Philippines. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Mindanao Serin (Chrysocorythus mindanensis).
renatae (Schuchmann & Wolters, 1982) - Mt Rantekombola, in southern Sulawesi.
chaseni (Kinzelbach, Dickinson & Somadikarta, 2009) - Tengger Mountains (s-central Java).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Mountain Serin (Chrysocorythus estherae) - 7 files

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