#0674 · 🐦 birds

Eurasian Siskin

🇳🇱 Sijs ·Spinus spinus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © caroline legg · CC BY 4.0
2. © Mikhail Ezdakov · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Sławek Staszczuk (photoss [AT] hotmail.co.uk) · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Baresi franco · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. © Sławek Staszczuk (photoss [AT] hotmail.co.uk) · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Hennie Cuper · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Лиза Шмидт · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Eurasian siskin ( Spinus spinus ) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is also called the European siskin , common siskin or just siskin . Other (archaic) names include black-headed goldfinch , barley bird and aberdevine . It is very common throughout Europe and Asia. It is found in forested areas, both coniferous and mixed woodland where it feeds on seeds of all kinds, especially of alder and conifers.

base stats

NL sightings 215iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 42,259iNaturalist observations
weight 13.8 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).