Red Siskin
Spinus cucullatus(Swainson, WJ, 1820)
English (US) Red Siskin
The Red Siskin (Spinus cucullatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: northeastern Colombia, northern Venezuela, and southwestern Guyana; local and threatenedRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Spinus cucullatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Red Siskin
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1820)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Carduelis cucullata
- Described by
- (Swainson, WJ, 1820)
- Type locality
- Spanish Main ; Cumana, Venezuela, designated by Todd, 1926, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 17, p. 43.
- Original description
- Zoological Illustrations ser.1, vol.1 pl.7,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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