Species profile
Red Siskin
Spinus cucullatus
Quick answer
Locally in ne Colombia and n Venezuela (on verge of extinction)
- Scientific name
- Spinus cucullatus
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Spinus
- Conservation status
- Endangered
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