Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Fringillidae > Crithagra > Crithagra symonsiCrithagra symonsi (Drakensberg Siskin)Synonyms: Serinus symonsi The Drakensberg siskin, (Crithagra symonsi), is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is an endemic resident breeder in the eastern Cape Province Transkei and western Natal in South Africa, and in Lesotho. This species is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the Cape siskin, Crithagra totta of southern Cape Province, in which case the nominate western form is C. t. totta, and the eastern form is C. t. symonsi. This locally common but shy and unobtrusive siskin is found in the scrubby valleys and hillsides of the Drakensberg mountains. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 3.15908 EDGE Score: 1.42529 |
Adult Weight [1] | 13.5 grams | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 30 % | Diet - Plants [2] | 30 % | Diet - Seeds [2] | 40 % | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | Clutch Size [3] | 3 | Incubation [3] | 18 days |
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Climate |
Land Use |
Golden Gate Highlands and Qwaqwa National Parks |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Liqobong |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mafika: Lisiu |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Matatiele Commonage |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Natal Drakensberg Park |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Sehlabathebe National Park |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sehonghong and Matebeng |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Upper Quthing Valley |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Upper Senqu River |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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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 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. 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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