Summary ²

Serinus is a genus of small birds in the finch family Fringillidae found in Europe and Africa. The birds usually have some yellow in their plumage. The genus was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch. The genus name is New Latin for "canary-yellow".

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1. (c) Nuno Dantas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/26905239@N08/3476813963
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serinus

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