Burung kicau (Songbirds)
European Serin
Serinus serinus
- tidak umum
- 40 km/h
- Risiko rendah
Europe's smallest finch, all jingling song and yellow rump. Delivers messages in miniature.
- Populasi
- Tens of millions of mature individuals globally (~30–80 million individuals worldwide and >8.3 million breeding pairs in Europe alone).
- Habitat
- Open woodland edges, cultivated land, orchards, vineyards, hedgerows, parks, gardens and cemeteries — typically where scattered trees/shrubs (often conifers) mix with open or short-grass ground; readily uses semi-urban and suburban habitats, from sea level up to ~2000–2500 m elevation in parts of its range.
- Fakta menarik
- The European Serin is the smallest finch native to Europe (family Fringillidae) and is a close relative of the wild Atlantic Canary (Serinus canaria), the ancestor of the domestic canary.
- Sebaran
- Breeds across most of Europe (except the British Isles, where it is a rare vagrant/very local) and North Africa (Morocco to Tunisia), east through the Balkans, Turkey, the Caucasus and into western Russia, south to the Mediterranean islands, Lebanon and Israel; has expanded its breeding range northward into central/northern Europe since the 19th century. Southern and Atlantic-coast populations are largely resident; northern/continental breeders are partial migrants that winter mainly in SW/S Europe, North Africa and locally east to Iraq.
- Makanan
- Mainly seeds and buds of herbaceous plants, weeds and shrubs (e.g. dandelion, shepherd's purse, dock, sorrel), plus shoots and flowers; takes some small invertebrates (aphids, small moth larvae, spiders) especially in the breeding season, but nestlings are fed predominantly seeds rather than insects — unusual among small passerines/finches.
- Ukuran
- 0,115 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,205 m
- Masa hidup
- 2 tahun
