Drakensberg Siskin

分类位置

同属物种

African Citril

African Citril

Arabian Serin

Arabian Serin

Black-eared Seedeater

Black-eared Seedeater

Black-faced Canary

Black-faced Canary

Black-throated Canary

Black-throated Canary

Brimstone Canary

Brimstone Canary

形态与习性

The Drakensberg siskin (Crithagra symonsi) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is an endemic resident breeder in the eastern Cape Province Transkei and western Natal in South Africa, and in Lesotho. This species is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the Cape siskin (Crithagra totta) of southern Cape Province, in which case the nominate western form is C. t. totta, and the eastern form is C. t. symonsi. This locally common but shy and unobtrusive siskin is found in the scru