Cedar girlitz
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Cedar girlitz ( Serinus syriacus ) |
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The cedar girlitz ( Serinus syriacus ) is a songbird from the finch family (Fringillidae).
description
The cedar girl is between 12 and 13 centimeters long. Its beak is small and short. Its plumage is mostly yellow-green and pale. It has a yellow-green rump , green wings and is pale yellowish with black dashes on the underside. The male cedar girl has a dark yellow forehead and a long tail. Its top is faintly striped and the bottom is gray. The female is more dull in color, with less yellow and more olive gray. In the youth dress, the greenish parts are still pale yellowish brown.
Distribution and way of life
The cedar girl breeds only in Lebanon and the border areas with Syria and Israel . It breeds on mountain slopes and in hilly, higher-lying areas with isolated bushes and trees. Some birds migrate to more southern regions in winter.
voice
The cedar girlitz has a dry, rolling call that sounds like a “pe-re-ret” or “pü-tü”.
literature
- Svensson, Grant, Mullarney, Zetterström: Birds of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East . Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-440-08401-9
Web links
- http://www.vogelnetzwerk.de/fotos/show.php3?id=686
- Serinus syriacus in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2012. Posted by: BirdLife International, 2012. Accessed September 2, 2013.