Tristram's Serin

The Syrian Serin is prettily coloured with bright yellow and pale grey feathers. The eyes are large and are surrounded by a bright yellow ring. The beak is grey and the legs are pale pinkish-grey. It has a long trilling call, and may also chirp and twitter.

The Tristram's Serin is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

Tristram's Serin, in addition to many other charismatic desert specialties such as Lichtenstein's, Spotted, and Crowned sandgrouse, the incomparable Hoopoe Lark, Hooded Wheatear, Fan-tailed Raven, and Tristram's Starling. More

, Tristram's SerinSyrian SerinThe Syrian Serin is a brightly coloured small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.-Description:The Syrian Serin is prettily coloured with bright yellow and pale grey feathers. The eyes are large and are surrounded by a bright yellow ring. The beak is grey and the legs are pale... and Tristram's Storm-petrelTristram's Storm-petrelThe Tristram's Storm-petrel is a species of seabird in the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. More

In winter a few Tristram's Serins have been seen, often with Goldfinch flocks. Wadi Dana Further north along the rift margin is Wadi Dana, one of Jordan's most dramatic and unspoilt wadis and a reserve of the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature (Jordan). The surrounding hills reach 1500m and hold a rich and distinct, high altitude avifauna. More

Zvonohlík syrský - Tristram's Serin / Syrian Serin Zvonohlík zahradní - Serin Zvonohlík zlatočelý - Red-fronted Serin Žluna japonská - Japanese Green Woodpecker Žluna šedá - Grey-headed Woodpecker Žluna zelená - Green Woodpecker Žluna zelená / Žluna africká - Green Woodpecker / Levaillants's Green Woodpecker Žluva černošíjná - Black-naped Oriole Žluva hajní - Golden Oriole Vojtěch Kodet 12.11. More

Tristram's Serin has quite the same claim to be Jordan's bird. The next question is: how many birds are there in Jordan? Some visitors may only see a few different kinds, but in fact 374 species have been documented by the author. Several, including the Sinai Rosefinch, can be seen in few other places in the world. On the other hand, the total number of individual birds is more difficult to estimate. More