Birds of Ecuador


Hooded Siskin (Spinus magellanicus) Male Colca Canyon, Peru
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Hooded Siskin (Spinus magellanicus paulus) Female Mejía, Peru
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Generally an Andean species, but (in Peru) sometimes makes its way down to sea level.


Olivaceous Siskin (Spinus olivaceus) Male Manu National Park, Peru
Photograph by Joel N. Rosenthal © All Rights Reserved.


Olivaceous Siskin (Spinus olivaceus) Female Manu National Park, Peru
Photograph by Joel N. Rosenthal © All Rights Reserved.


Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria colombianus) Male ProAves Chestnut-capped Piha Reserve, Anorí, Antioquia, Colombia
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Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) Female Copacabana, Antioquia, Colombia Note small size and distinctive forked tail.
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Saffron Siskin (Spinus siemiradzkii)

Similar to Hooded Siskin but note lowland range.


Andean Siskin (Spinus spinescens) Male Manizales, Colombia
Photograph by Felix Uribe © All Rights Reserved.

Male has black head. Female plain and similar to other siskins. Found over 2500m up to paramo.


Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus) Male Manizales, Colombia
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Yellow-bellied Siskin (Spinus xanthogastrus xanthogastrus) Female Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.

Found from 1500 to 2800m, and is a bit patchily distributed. Compare female to Andean Siskin female, usually found higher.