siskin

IPA: sˈɪskɪn

noun

  • A small green and yellow European finch, Carduelis spinus spinus or Carduelis spinus, now Spinus spinus.
  • Any of various similar birds in subfamily Carduelinae, principally in the genus Spinus.
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Examples of "siskin" in Sentences

  • Siskin was asked to judge, and to select the winner.
  • To promote this Siskin played a live set on French TV.
  • These students have come to be known by the sobriquet 'Siskin', .
  • In 2005 he joined Skew Siskin as the official bassist of the group.
  • Siskin are a British pop music duo made famous by the Daily Mirror.
  • Response: This is adult male black-headed siskin, Serinus nigriceps.
  • Pine Siskin is another very rare nesting species first verified in 2009.
  • Some bird was active in the bush behind me, a siskin, I supposed, or possibly a thrush.
  • Another round of the finch-siskin-junco with added! chickadees turmoil in our side yard.
  • Examples are buff-breasted tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus mirandae), white-winged cotinga (Xipholena atropurpurea), seven-colored tanager (Tangara fastuosa), and yellow-faced siskin (Carduelis yarrellii).
  • Adult male Ethiopian black-headed siskin, Serinus nigriceps, also known as the Ethiopian siskin or (African/Abyssinian) black-headed siskin, or the black-headed serin, photographed at Bale Mountains, Ethiopia (Africa).
  • With respect to fauna, the most notable avian endemisms are those relating to the red siskin (Carduelis cucullata), a small bird with bright red and black plumage that is considered one of the most threatened species in Venezuela.
  • Restricted-range birds in this ecoregion include the Santa Barbara screech-owl (Otus barbarus), belted flycatcher (Xenotriccus callizonus), pink-heade warbler (Ergaticus versicolor), and black-capped siskin (Carduelis atriceps) classified as near threatened.
  • Nevertheless, the area is considered an Endemic Bird Area by BirdLife International, and is home to a number of true fynbos species such as the Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer), the orange-breasted sunbird (Nectarinia violacea), the Protea canary (Serinus leucopterus) and the Cape siskin (Serinus totta).

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