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Hooded siskin
Spinus magellanicus · Family Fringillidae
Spinus magellanicus
Family Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 207,771
- Countries and territories with records
- 23
About this species
This species has 207,771 occurrence records from 23 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Argentina (45.3%), Peru (16.1%), Brazil (14.9%), Ecuador (9.2%) and Uruguay (6.6%); together they account for 92.1% of the total. In Argentina, this species accounts for 0.61% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Spinus magellanicus combines the genus name Spinus with the species epithet magellanicus. The Warbla app catalog lists 20 species of the genus Spinus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Spinus tristis, Spinus psaltria and Spinus pinus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 204 species of the family Fringillidae. This species ranks 24th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Spinus tristis. Its record count is 45.3% of the family average (459,113). The family Fringillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.