Serin 
Serinus serinus 
Monotypic with no geographic variation. 
The species has spread rapidly north and 
west in the past 150 years. Closely re¬ 
lated to the Syrian Serin, Serinus suriaeus, 
of the mountain cedars of Syria and Lebanon 
that winters in Iraq, Palestine, Sinai and 
occasionally Egypt. 
Habitat: Open woodland, cultivation, gardens, 
parks, vineyards, orchards and hedges from 
sealevel to tree limit. 
