Serinus pusillus
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In 3 days ~90% in a week >90%
The red-fronted serin or fire-fronted serin (Serinus pusillus) is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It prefers high mountain regions and is 11–12 cm (4.3–4.7 in) long. This bird breeds in the Caucasus and the higher mountains of Turkey and Iran, with vagrants occasionally reaching the Greek Eastern Aegean Islands in winter. This bird is also found in Ladakh and other parts of the Indian Himalayas. Outside the breeding season, it occurs in small flocks, typically seen searching through thistle patches. It is a popular cagebird, and escapees from captivity are occasionally found throughout Europe.
The bird is variable in plumage, with adults resembling very dark redpolls. The foreparts are sooty and the forehead is red; juveniles have buff-brown heads. The call is a rapid, shrill "titihihihihihi", resembling that of a Linnet.
The bird will breed in captivity and thrives on a diet of canary grass seed, millet, and other small seeds. They bathe daily if water is accessible. Red-fronted serin From Turkey Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hemis National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Likely
About 60% of wildlife watchers report a Fire-fronted Serin sighting in Hemis National Park on a given day, based on 79 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 5th most-seen of the 52 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May and July
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Fire-fronted Serin in Hemis National Park on a given day, against about 40% in February, the lowest month. Those are among Hemis National Park's wettest months, with about 45 mm of rain a month against 10 mm in October. January has too few records to rate.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Fire-fronted Serin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Hemis National Park, in our data
Hemis National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Fire-fronted Serin sightings: about 60% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Fringillidae
The closest relatives of the Fire-fronted Serin that you can see in Hemis National Park (family Fringillidae, Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) are Great Rosefinch (about 20%), Common Rosefinch (about 20%) and Streaked Rosefinch (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Fire-fronted Serin is recorded against all the birds logged in Hemis National Park (79 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
