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 LC    Drakensberg Siskin* Id (Atlas):
    Crithagra symonsi

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Drakensberg Siskin, Symond's Siskin

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Roberts, 1916)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude grassland and shrubland. From 2,000 - 2,600 m.

Range (Guide)
Lesotho (B), South Africa (B).

Lesotho and east-central South Africa (north-eastern Free State, western KwaZulu-Natal and north-eastern Eastern Cape).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
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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) [XC308414]
     by Lynette Rudman from Barkly East, Drakensberg District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (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.


References
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Files:
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