Finches (Fringillidae)

Red-fronted Serin (Serinus pusillus) - HBW 15, p. 516

French: Serin à front d'or German: Rotstirngirlitz Spanish: Serín Frentirrojo
Other common names: Fire-fronted Serin, Gold-fronted Finch/Serin

Taxonomy: Passer pusillus Pallas, 1811, near Caucasus and Caspian Sea.
Relationships uncertain; recent molecular-genetic studies suggest that this species is probably closest to S. serinus and S. canicollis. Monotypic.

Distribution: NW, CS, E & NE Turkey E to S Caucasus, N Iraq, W, N & SE Iran, and S Turkmenistan E to SE Kazakhstan (Tarbagatai Range, Dzhungarian Alatau and Tien Shan) and NW & SW China (NW & W Xinjiang, SW Xizang) and S to NW, C & E Afghanistan and N Indian Subcontinent (NW & N Pakistan E to C Nepal). Non-breeding also S to Lebanon, N Israel, SW Syria, C & SE Afghanistan and NW India (Punjab).