Spinus pinus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The pine siskin (Spinus pinus) is a North American bird in the finch family. It is a migratory bird with an extremely sporadic winter range. The pine siskin is currently listed as a species of Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
The pine siskin was formally described in 1810 by the American ornithologist Alexander Wilson under the binomial name Fringilla pinus. The specific epithet pinus is the Latin word for a "pine-tree". The type locality is Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The pine siskin is now placed in the genus Spinus that was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch in 1816.
Three subspecies are recognised: In both sexes, total length can range from 11–14 cm (4.3–5.5 in), with a wingspan of 18–22 cm (7.1–8.7 in) and a weight of 12–18 g (0.42–0.63 oz). Adults are brown on the upperparts and pale on the underparts, with heavy streaking throughout... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Toluca | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Portland | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | Seattle | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Vancouver | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 5 | Salt Lake City | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 6 | Edmonton | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Calgary | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 8 | Sacramento | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 10 | Montreal | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoo Pilsen | 🇨🇿 Czechia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Pine Siskin sighting in Salt Lake City on a given day, based on 1,344 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 40th most-seen of the 216 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March to May
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Pine Siskin in Salt Lake City on a given day, against under 5% in July–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Pine Siskin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 31
Of the 31 cities where we can rate Pine Siskin sightings, Salt Lake City ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Toluca (México, about 20%), Portland (United States, about 20%) and Seattle (United States, about 20%).
Same genus: Spinus
The closest relatives of the Pine Siskin that you can see in Salt Lake City (genus Spinus, Siskins and New World Goldfinches) are Lesser Goldfinch (about 60%) and American Goldfinch (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Pine Siskin is recorded against all the birds logged in Salt Lake City (1,344 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
