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European Serin

Serinus serinus · Family Fringillidae

Serinus serinus

Family Fringillidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
GBIF occurrence records
1,792,330
Countries and territories with records
76
European Serin
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About this species

This species has 1,792,330 occurrence records from 76 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Spain (50.9%), France (17.7%), Portugal (13.8%), Germany (4.2%) and Italy (2.5%); together they account for 89.3% of the total. In Spain, this species accounts for 1.8% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Serinus serinus combines the genus name Serinus with the species epithet serinus. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Serinus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Serinus canicollis, Serinus canaria and Serinus pusillus.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 204 species of the family Fringillidae. This species ranks 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Spinus tristis. Its record count is 3.9 times the family average (459,113). The family Fringillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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