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title: "Eurasian Siskin"
description: "Spinus spinus — Vogels. The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/eurasian-siskin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurasian Siskin

> Spinus spinus — Vogels. The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

- Scientific name: *Spinus spinus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 41505
- Wikidata: [Q27075864](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075864)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145303](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145303)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Siskin
- de: Erlenzeisig
- es: Jilguero lúgano
- fr: Tarin des aulnes
- pt: Lugre
- pl: Czyż

## Countries with the most observations

RU (15644), GB (3486), DE (2600), IT (1788), FR (1616), AT (1204), ES (1170), FI (1157), PT (798), CN (776), NO (637), UA (581)

## Summary

The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is also called the European siskin, common siskin or just siskin. Other (archaic) names include black-headed goldfinch, barley bird and aberdevine. It is very common throughout Europe and Eurosiberia. It is found in forested areas, both coniferous and mixed woodland where it feeds on seeds of all kinds, especially of alder and conifers.
It can be distinguished from similar finches by its plumage colour. Its upperparts are greyish green and its underparts are grey-streaked white. Its wings are black with a striking yellow…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_siskin

## Photo

![Eurasian Siskin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-siskin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kevin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101350886

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eurasian-siskin?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).