Albania (B), Algeria, Andorra (B) (NB), Austria (B), Belarus (B), Belgium (B) (NB), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B) (NB), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (B) (NB), Cyprus (B) (NB), Czech Republic (B) (NB), Denmark (B) (P), Egypt, Estonia (B), Finland (B), France (B) (NB) (P), Germany (B) (P), Gibraltar (B) (NB), Greece (B) (NB) (P), Hungary (B) (NB), Iraq (NB), Israel, Italy (B) (NB), Jordan (B) (NB), Latvia (B), Lebanon (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein (B), Lithuania (B), Luxembourg (B), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B) (NB), Malta (B) (NB), Moldova [Republic of] (B) (P), Montenegro (B), Morocco, Netherlands Antilles (B) (NB), Poland (B) (NB), Portugal (B) (NB), Romania (B), Russia (European) (B), Serbia (B), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (B) (NB), Slovenia (B) (NB), Spain (B) (NB), Sweden (B), Switzerland (B) (NB), Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tunisia, Turkey (B) (NB), Ukraine (B) (NB), United Kingdom (B).
Vagrant to Iceland, Iran [Islamic Republic of], Ireland, Norway.
Breeds in Europe (except British Is and almost entire Fennoscandia) east to eastern Baltic, western Russia and Belarus, south to Mediterranean islands, north, western and central-southern Turkey, central Georgia, Canary Is (Tenerife, Gran Canaria), northern Africa (northern and central Morocco east to northern Tunisia and north-western and north-eastern Libya), Lebanon and Israel; winters south-western and southern Europe and northern Africa east to northern Egypt, also Iraq.
Population
Estimated population is 30,000,000 - 80,000,000 (2010).
European Serin (Serinus serinus) [XC891705]
by Mayro Pattikawa from Valle del Guadiato (near Villaviciosa de C\u00f3rdoba), C\u00f3rdoba, Andaluc\u00eda, Spain (call, song, subsong)
European Serin (Serinus) [XC183091]
by Oscar Campbell from Longwy-sur-le-Doubs, Jura, Franche-Comt\u00e9, France (song)
Nest
A small cup of stalks, moss and lichen, with a thick, soft lining, often in a conifer or fruit tree.
Eggs (Guide)
3 - 4; bluish-white, sparsely spotted and streaked rusty, mostly at the larger end.
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Has sometimes been thought to form a superspecies with Island Canary (Serinus canaria), Syrian Serin (Serinus syriacus) and Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis).
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RSPB Handbook of British Birds Holden, P., Cleeves, T., 2002, A & C Black ISBN 0 7136 5713 8
Birds of Britain and Europe Sterry, P., et al., 2001, AA Publishing ISBN 0 7495 3068 5
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BirdLife International Species Factsheet