Description:

Small, greenish-yellow finch with fine bill, bright yellow wingbars and slightly forked tail. Male has black crown and chin, bright yellow supercilium and black-and-yellow wings. Female with yellowish patches at base of secondaries and primaries and brighter yellow rump.

Distribution:

Frequent winter vagrant to the northern parts of Hunza district in Gilgit-Baltistan. Usually occurs in submontane and montane conifer forests or mixed woods, cultivation edge and thickets, also frequents wide variety of trees, seen up to 2800m.

Behavior:

Forages mostly in trees, including canopy of conifers, larches and alders; not uncommonly on ground during migration, and feeds often on ground in winter. Feeds on mostly seeds, buds and fruit; some invertebrates. Seeds and buds include those of spruce, pine, juniper, birch, willow, poplar and many other plants.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Eurasian Siskin in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Eurasian Siskin

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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