Serinus
Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Serinus pusillus Red-fronted serin Turkey and Iran
Serinus serinus European serin southern and central Europe and North Africa
Serinus syriacus Syrian serin Syria , Lebanon , Israel and Jordan
Serinus canaria Atlantic canary the Canary Islands , the Azores , and Madeira
Serinus canicollis Cape canary southern Africa
Serinus flavivertex Yellow-crowned canary eastern Africa
Serinus nigriceps Ethiopian siskin Ethiopia
Serinus alario Black-headed canary Lesotho , Namibia and South Africa
`` Serin '' redirects here . For other topics , see Serin ( disambiguation ) .  Serinus Male European serin ( Serinus serinus ) Scientific classification Kingdom : Animalia Phylum : Chordata Class : Aves Order : Passeriformes Family : Fringillidae Subfamily : Carduelinae Genus : SerinusKoch , 1816 Species See text . Serinus is a genus of small birds in the finch family Fringillidae found in Europe and Africa . The birds usually have some yellow in their plumage . The genus was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The genus name is New Latin for `` canary-yellow '' . [ 3 ] Many species were at one time assigned to the genus but it became clear from phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences that the genus was polyphyletic . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] This was confirmed by Dario Zuccon and coworkers in a comprehensive study of the finch family published in 2012 . The authors suggested splitting the genus into two monophyletic groups , a proposal that was accepted by the International Ornithologists ' Union . The genus Serinus was restricted to the European serin and seven other species while a larger clade from Africa and Arabia was assigned to the resurrected genus Crithagra . [ 7 ] [ 8 ] The genus contains eight species : [ 8 ]
Serinus is a genus of small birds in the finch family Fringillidae found in Europe and Africa. The birds usually have some yellow in their plumage. The genus was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch. The genus name is New Latin for canary-yellow. Many species were at one time assigned to the genus but it became clear from phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences that the genus was polyphyletic. This was confirmed by Dario Zuccon and coworkers in a comprehensive study of the finch family published in 2012. The authors suggested splitting the genus into two monophyletic groups, a proposal that was accepted by the International Ornithologists' Union. The genus Serinus was restricted to the European serin and seven other species while a larger clade from Africa and Arabia was assigned to the resurrected genus Crithagra. The genus contains eight species: