Siskin

A Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus giving 'siskin' calls

The name siskin when referring to a bird is derived from an adaptation of the German dialect words sisschen, zeischen, which are diminutive forms of Middle High German (zîsec) and Middle Low German (ziseke, sisek) words, with cognates in Slavic languages, cf. Czech čížek; these names are of onomatopoeic origin. The name siskin was first recorded in written English in 1544 in William Turner's Avium praecipuarum, quarum apud Plinium et Aristotelem mentio est, brevis et succincta historia, referring to the Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus.

Spinus

Andean siskin Spinus spinescens
Antillean siskin Spinus dominicensis
Black siskin Spinus atratus
Black-capped siskin Spinus atriceps
Black-chinned siskin Spinus barbatus
Black-headed siskin Spinus notatus
Eurasian siskin Spinus spinus
Hooded siskin Spinus magellanicus
Olivaceous siskin Spinus olivaceus
Pine siskin Spinus pinus
Red siskin Spinus cucullatus
Saffron siskin Spinus siemiradzkii
Thick-billed siskin Spinus crassirostris
Yellow-bellied siskin Spinus xanthogastrus
Yellow-faced siskin Spinus yarrellii
Yellow-rumped siskin Spinus uropygialis

Crithagra and Serinus

Cape siskin Crithagra totta
Drakensberg siskin Crithagra symonsi
Ethiopian siskin Serinus nigriceps

References

^ ^a ^b Lockwood, William Burley (1984). The Oxford Book of British Bird Names. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-214155-4.

External links

Siskin videos, photos and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection

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[Lockwood-1] Lockwood, William Burley (1984). The Oxford Book of British Bird Names. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 0-19-214155-4.