Listen to the Andean siskin
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About the Andean siskin
The Andean siskin is a bird in the family Fringillidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”.
What does the Andean siskin sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as flight calls and song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The Andean siskin (Spinus spinescens) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and heavily degraded former forest.
Related birds in the genus Spinus
More from the family Fringillidae
European goldfinch
Carduelis carduelis
Eurasian bullfinch
Pyrrhula pyrrhula
Eurasian chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Common linnet
Linaria cannabina
Hawfinch
Coccothraustes coccothraustes
European greenfinch
Chloris chloris
Red crossbill
Loxia curvirostra
Brambling
Fringilla montifringilla
Common rosefinch
Carpodacus erythrinus
Frequently asked questions
What does an Andean siskin sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Andean siskin on this page, including its flight calls and song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Andean siskin endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Andean siskin as “least concern”.
What family does the Andean siskin belong to?
The Andean siskin (Spinus spinescens) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Flight calls · Carchi: eastern Páramo El Angel, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Carchi: eastern Páramo El Angel, Ecuador by Niels Krabbe – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q27075880 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Andean siskin – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Alejandro Bayer Tamayo from Armenia, Colombia – CC BY-SA 2.0