Tibetan Serin

Spinus thibetanus (Hume, 1872)

Tibetan Serin, Spinus thibetanus, is a finch of montane forest in the Oriental Region, breeding in south-east Tibet, Sichuan, north Myanmar and north-west Yunnan, and moving to lower ground in winter as far west as central Nepal. It was first described by Hume in 1872. The species is a true finch and was once placed in Serinus before being assigned to Spinus. It is found in temperate forests and breeds in mixed forest, with wintering in alder. The bird lacks yellow wing panels in every plumage, and adult males, females and juveniles differ in the markings and tones of their upperparts and underparts.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias

Breeding range

Oriental Region: s temperate sc Palearctic montane forest: se Tibet, Sichuan, n Myanmar and nw Yunnan (wc China)

Nonbreeding range

to lower elevations, w to c Nepal