#0826 · 🐦 birds

European Serin

🇳🇱 Europese Kanarie ·Serinus serinus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © brian fisher · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © janofonsagrada · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © erdonmezon · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Luigi Andena · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © hedera.baltica · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Francis Birlenbach · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Центральный р-н, Тула, Тульская обл., Россия:© Елена Смирнова · CC BY 4.0
8. Çavuşbaşı Cd., Çekmeköy, İstanbul, TR:© Serra Güneş · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Новочебоксарск, Чувашская Респ., Россия:© Vlad Charkov · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 2-й кв-л Капотня, Москва, Россия:© Михаил Голомысов · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The European serin , or just serin , ( Serinus serinus ) is the smallest European species of the family of finches (Fringillidae) and is closely related to the canary. Its diet consists mainly of a combination of buds and seeds.

base stats

NL sightings 15iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 41,265iNaturalist observations
weight 1.2 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).