For details point at or click the
Serin Serinus serinus [Linnaeus, 1766]
Other Names
Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
Books & Links
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Carduelidae
BTO Codes:
NS , SERIN
EURING No:
16400
Number in Britain:
66 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
View video clips from
IBC
Status in UK:
(A) Scarce Breeder, Passage Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
.
Length:
12 cm
Wingspan:
22 cm
Weight:
M/F: 13 g
Scientific name from:
French: serin =a canary
World Distribution:
Europe, n Africa
Habitat:
Open woodland, farmland
Diet:
Seeds, occ. small invertebrates; principally in herbs and on ground
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Passage:
66 individuals
First Record:
1852
[Fossil evidence from
Hoxnian (penultimate) interglacial, c. 200,000 yr ago]
First Breeding Record:
Dorset 1967
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
8.3 to 20 million pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I,IV), Bern(II)
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
16 x 12 mm
Egg Weight:
1.2 g (of which 6 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
0
Clutch Size:
3 - 4 eggs
Incubation:
11 - 13 days
by the:
Female (occ. Male?)
Fledging:
13 - 18 days
as:
Altricial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
Number of Broods:
2
Number Ringed:
1
Adult Survival:
No data
Juvenile Survival:
No data
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few ringed in Britain, but Spain : 7yr 3m
Biometrics
Ring Size:
AA
Wing Length
Sexually dimorphic (male much larger than female)
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
69.8 ± 1.6
67 - 72 mm, N =28
Weight
Sexually dimorphic (male much larger than female)
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
10.95 ± 0.96 .
9.70 - 12.80 g , N =28
Source:
British Trust for Ornithology (2005) Ringing Scheme data
Other Names
European Serin
Gaelic:
Welsh:
Llinos Frech
Danish:
Gulirisk
Dutch:
Europese kanarie
Finnish:
Keltahemppo
French:
Serin cini
German:
Girlitz
Hungarian:
Csicsörke
Icelandic:
Gulfinka
Irish:
Seirín
Italian:
Verzellino
Norwegian:
Gulirisk
Polish:
Kulczyk zwyczajny
Portuguese:
Chamariz-comum
Spanish:
Verdecillo
Swedish:
Gulhämpling
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
Newton, I. 1972 The finches Collins, London
[598.982 NEW]
See Also:
BirdFacts home | BTO Home birdfacts@bto.org These data should be cited as:
© British Trust for Ornithology, | Privacy Statement
button; for sources point at the 
button
Other Names
