Voice
A diagnostic, querulous 'voyp-veeyi' contact call, oftenuttered in flight. Canary-like song is rather wispy, often incorporating the contact call.
Cape Siskin (Crithagra totta) [XC523729]
by Frank Lambert from Harold Porter Botanical garden, Betty's Bay, Western Cape, South Africa (call)
Cape Siskin (Crithagra totta) [XC353439]
by vynbos from Stellenbosch, Cape Winelands, Western 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 Drakensberg Siskin (Crithagra symonsi), and previously considered conspecific.