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| Animalia | Chordata | Aves | Passeriformes | Fringillidae |
| Scientific Name: | Serinus serinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | |||
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| Taxonomic Source(s): | Cramp, S. and Simmons, K.E.L. (eds). 1977-1994. Handbook of the birds of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The birds of the western Palearctic. Oxford University Press, Oxford. | |||
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 |
| Year Published: | 2016 |
| Date Assessed: | 2016-10-01 |
| Assessor(s): | BirdLife International |
| Reviewer(s): | Butchart, S. & Symes, A. |
| Facilitator/Compiler(s): | Ashpole, J, Butchart, S., Ekstrom, J. |
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Justification: This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). Despite the fact that the population trend appears to be decreasing, the decline is not believed to be sufficiently rapid to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size is extremely large, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern. |
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| Countries occurrence: | Native: Albania; Algeria; Andorra; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Egypt; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Gibraltar; Greece; Hungary; Israel; Italy; Jordan; Latvia; Lebanon; Libya; Liechtenstein; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of; Malta; Moldova; Montenegro; Morocco; Netherlands; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Russian Federation (European Russia); Serbia; Slovakia; Slovenia; Spain (Canary Is.); Sweden; Switzerland; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; Turkey; Ukraine; United KingdomVagrant: Iceland; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Ireland; NorwayPresent - origin uncertain: Iraq | ||||||||||||||
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| Population: | In Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 20,900,000-31,500,000 pairs, which equates to 41,900,000-63,000,000 mature individuals (BirdLife International 2015). Europe forms c.90% of the global range, so a very preliminary estimate of the global population size is 46,500,000-70,000,000 mature individuals, although further validation of this estimate is needed. Trend Justification: In Europe, trends between 1982 and 2013 show that populations have undergone a moderate decline (EBCC 2015). | ||||||||||||||
| Current Population Trend: |  Decreasing | ||||||||||||||
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| Habitat and Ecology: | This species occurs in lowland to lower montane mosaics of wooded hills with conifers and open country, maquis slopes with pine (Pinus) woods, small stands of cedars (Cedrus), junipers (Juniperus), cypress, European silver fir (Abies alba) and thuja (Thuja). It is also widespread in olive (Olea) and citrus groves, open agricultural areas, tall hedges and windbreaks, orchards, vineyards, plantations, suburban parks, avenues and gardens, ravines and gorges with trees and shrubs. The breeding season runs from February to early August. The nest is sited above ground among the outermost branches in the crown or on a branch against trunk of a bush or tree. It is a small and compact platform of small twigs, plant stems and down, bark strips, roots, grasses, moss, animal hair and feathers. Clutches are three to four eggs. It feeds mainly on seeds, buds, shoots, flowers and small invertebrates (Clement 2016). The species is sedentary to migratory; most birds vacate the northern part of its range, although in some years small numbers remain (Snow and Perrins 1998). |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Continuing decline in area, extent and/or quality of habitat: | Unknown |
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| Generation Length (years): | 3.8 |
| Movement patterns: | Full Migrant |
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Conservation Actions Underway Bern Convention Appendix II. Conservation Actions Proposed No conservation measures are currently needed for this species within its European range. |
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BirdLife International. 2004. Birds in Europe: population estimates, trends and conservation status. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K. BirdLife International. 2015. European Red List of Birds. Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Luxembourg. Clement, P. 2016. European Serin (Serinus serinus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. and de Juana, E. (eds), Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive, Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. EBCC. 2015. Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme. Available at: http://www.ebcc.info/index.php?ID=587. IUCN. 2016. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2016-3. Available at: www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 07 December 2016). Jenni, L. and Kery, M. 2003. Timing of autumn bird migration under climate change: advances in long-distance migrants, delays in short-distance migrants. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 270(1523): 1467-1471. Snow, D.W. and Perrins, C.M. 1998. The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Volume 2: Passerines. Oxford University Press, Oxford. Tryjanowski, P.; Kuzniak, S.; Sparks, T. H. 2002. Earlier arrival of some farmland migrants in western Poland. Ibis 144: 62-68. |
| Citation: | BirdLife International. 2016. Serinus serinus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22720049A88267826. . Downloaded on 23 April 2018. |
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