European serin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the European serin lives – recorded in 40 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Serinus serinus
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	40 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	1.21 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Fringillidae

Where does the European serin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the European serin in 40 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an European serin?

Wikidata records the following for the European serin: mass 1.21 g (birth weight).

Is the European serin endangered?

The European serin’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the European serin?

The European serin (Serinus serinus) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Fringillidae, genus Serinus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the European serin

The European serin, or simply the serin (Serinus serinus), is the smallest species of the family of finches (Fringillidae) and is closely related to the Atlantic canary. Its diet consists mainly of a combination of buds and seeds.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article European serin (revision 1314008650), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q271807 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).