Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Fringillidae > Spinus > Spinus spinescensSpinus spinescens (Andean Siskin)Synonyms: Carduelis spinescens The Andean siskin (Spinus spinescens) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and heavily degraded former forest. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 1.33117 EDGE Score: 0.846369 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 11 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Plants [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 80 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 50 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 50 % |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Alto Quindío |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bosques de la Falla del Tequendama |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bosques del Oriente de Risaralda |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cañón del Río Guatiquía |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Complejo Lacustre de Fúquene, Cucunubá y Palacio |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Cuenca del Río Toche |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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El Ángel-Cerro Golondrinas |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Estación Biológica Guandera-Cerro Mongus |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Intag-Toisán |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mindo y Estribaciones Occidentales del volcán Pichincha |
Ecuador |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Monumento Natural Pico Codazzi |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional El Tamá |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Parque Nacional Natural Chingaza |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Natural Munchique |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Natural Puracé |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Sierra La Culata |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Parque Natural Regional Páramo del Duende |
Colombia |
A1 |
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Refugio de Fauna Silvestre y Reserva de Pesca Parque Nacional Dinira |
Venezuela |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Hidrográfica, Forestal y Parque Ecológico de Río Blanco |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Natural Ibanasca |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Reserva Natural Semillas de Agua |
Colombia |
A1, A2 |
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Reservas Comunitarias de Roncesvalles |
Colombia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Soatá |
Colombia |
A1, A2 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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