Pine siskin Carduelis pinus
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Length: 4.25 inches
Small, seed-eating bird
Short, conical bill
Brown upperparts with heavy streaking
Pale underparts with heavy streaking ...
Pine siskins are a real delight in backyards, and you can attract them with seed. Learn how to attract pine siskins to your yard, and listen to their song.
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Pine Siskin
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The Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus) is a small finch which breeds in the montane western United States and much of Canada. The species winters across much of the United States and into Mexico.
Pine Siskins are mainly seedeaters, but occasionally take insects. Flocks of these tiny birds might be spotted dangling acrobatically while prying seeds from aspen and birch catkins.
Pine Siskin
(Spinus pinus)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 2004
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Occurs as a rare migrant and sporadic winter visitor.
Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus (Wilson)
Status Irregularly common resident. Breeds. Nomadic in nature, its numbers fluctuate from year to year and from season to season.
Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
Plum-headed Finches or Cherry Finches: (Aidemosyne modesta): Honolulu Zoo
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus) ...
Pine Siskin
Adult
Similar to female or nonbreeding American Goldfinch
Very brown and streaky overall
© Bob Baker, Greene Co., Virginia, January 2009 ...
Pine Siskin
Pine Warbler
The Pine Warbler, Dendroica pinus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.
Prairie Dog ...
Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus. Fairly common and erratic in winter, spring, and fall in Tennessee Valley and Mountain regions. In Inland Coastal Plain and Gulf Coast regions, uncommon in winter, spring, and fall.
Pine Siskin
Winter Sighting Information: occasional
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Black Skimmer
Winter Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Alluring rumors of Pine Siskin enticed me to visit Van Cortlandt Park this weekend, but alas, just like every other time I've chased rarities there, I came up empty.
While birding various roads outside Valdez I had Townsend's Warbler, Downy Woodpecker, Pine Siskins, Orange-crowned Warbler, Hermit Thrush, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Fox Sparrow, Savannah Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Varied Thrush, Common Merganser, ...
3. Bird feeder: House Finches, American Goldfinches, Pine Siskins, seen through window, Daly City
4. Nutmeg Mannikin, Almaden-escapee
5. Bewick's Wren, Almaden ...
Similar Species: Purple Finch, Cassin's Finch. See ID keys for House Finch and Purple Finch. Pine Siskin is also similar to a female House Finch.
Conservation Status: Common and widespread, with no signs of any population declines.
Common Redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
Evening Grosbeak (Coccothraustes vespertinus)
House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus)
Pine Siskin (Carduelis pinus)
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus)
Red Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) ...
The redpolls, genus Aegiothus, are northern finches that winter in the N United States; with the pine siskins, goldfinches, and various other seedeaters they wander around the country in small flocks, often congregating at feeding stations.
Birdwatchers around the state of Indiana are abuzz with excitement over this year's early arrival of a small northern finch called the Pine Siskin.
 See also: Siskin, Finch, Goldfinch, American Goldfinch, House Finch
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