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Typical Serins and Allies
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Typical Serins and Allies

Serinus

Serinus is a genus of small birds in the finch family Fringillidae found in Europe and Africa. The birds usually have some yellow in their plumage. The genus was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch. The genus name is New Latin for "canary-yellow".

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 8 known species

European Serin

speciesSerinus serinus

Island Canary

speciesSerinus canaria

Cape Canary

speciesSerinus canicollis

Fire-fronted Serin

speciesSerinus pusillus

Black-headed Canary

speciesSerinus alario

Yellow-crowned Canary

speciesSerinus flavivertex

Ethiopian Siskin

speciesSerinus nigriceps

Syrian Serin

speciesSerinus syriacus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Typical Serins and Allies in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.687

Typical Serins and Allies in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.685

Typical Serins and Allies in History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.435

Typical Serins and Allies in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.626

Typical Serins and Allies in History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

History of Animals, Book II: On Oviparous Quadrupeds

Conrad Gessner · 1586 · p.429

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 9227.