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Cape Siskin

Crithagra totta (Sparrman, A 1786)

The Cape siskin is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is an endemic resident breeder in the southern Cape Province of South Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Fringillidae
Genus:
   Crithagra
Scientific:
  Crithagra totta

Original description

Citation:
  (Sparrman, A 1786)

Reference:
   Mus. Carlsonianum fasc.1 no.xviii pl.18

Protonym:
  Loxia totta

Type locality:
  Hottentot country, i.e. Cape Province.

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0B5B5E289961A5C9

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0B5B5E28

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0B5B5E28

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 997833

Geographic range:

  • Crithagra totta: Montane scrub of South Africa (s Cape Province)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Cape Siskin
Catalan:
gafarró totta
Czech:
zvonohlík žlutohnědý
Danish:
Hottentotsisken
German:
Kapgirlitz
Spanish:
Canario de El Cabo
Spanish (Spain):
Canario de El Cabo
Finnish:
kapinhemppo
French:
Serin totta
Croatian:
kapski čižak
Hungarian:
hottentotta csicsörke
Italian:
Lucarino del Capo
Japanese (romaji):
ke-puhiwa
Japanese:
ケープヒワ
Lithuanian:
Kapinis svilikėlis
Dutch:
Kaapse Kanarie
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Kappirisk
Norwegian:
Kappirisk
Polish:
afrokulczyk przylądkowy
Portuguese:
canário-do-cabo
Portuguese (Portugal):
canário-do-cabo
Russian:
Капский канареечник
Slovak:
kanárik skalný
Serbian:
Kapska žutarica
Swedish:
kapsiska
Ukrainian:
Щедрик капський
Chinese:
海角丝雀
Chinese (Traditional):
南非絲雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Serin totta ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Serin totta ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Cape Siskin ( Carduelis tottus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Cape Siskin ( Serinus tottus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus tottus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Cape Siskin ( Pseudochloroptila totta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Serinus totta totta [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Serinus totta totta [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Cape Siskin ( Serinus totta) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Cape Siskin ( Crithagra totta) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Serinus totta [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Crithagra totta [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Crithagra [totta or symonsi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Kaapse Pietjiekanarie
Catalan: gafarró totta
Czech: Zvonohlík žlutohnedý, zvonohlík žlutohnědý
Danish: Hottentotsisken
German: Hottentottengirlitz, Hottentottengirliz, Kapgirlitz
English: Cape Siskin, South African Siskin
English, HBW: Cape Siskin
English (IOC): Cape Siskin
English (United States): Cape Siskin
Esperanto: Kaba siskino
Spanish: Canario de El Cabo, Canario del Cabo, Serín de El Cabo
Spanish (Spain): Canario de El Cabo, Canario del Cabo
Spanish (HBW): Cape Siskin
Estonian: pruunselg-rohtlavint
Finnish: Kapinhemppo
French: Crithagre totta, Serin hottentot, Serin totta
Croatian: kapski čižak
Hungarian: hottentotta csicsörke
Italian: Lucarino del Capo, Venturone bruno, Verzellino del Capo
Japanese (romaji): keapuhiwa, ke-puhiwa, ke-pukanariya
Japanese: ケアプヒワ, ケープカナリヤ, ケープヒワ
Scientific: Carduelis tottus, Crithagra totta, Loxia totta, Pseudochloroptila totta, Serinus totta, Serinus totta totta, Serinus tottus
Lithuanian: Kapinis svilikėlis
Dutch: Kaapse Kanarie
Norwegian Nynorsk: Kappirisk
Norwegian: Kappirisk
Polish: afrokulczyk przylądkowy, kulczyk przyladkowy, kulczyk przylądkowy
Portuguese: Canário do Cabo, canário-do-cabo
Portuguese (Portugal): canário-do-cabo
Russian: Капский канареечник, Капский канареечный вьюрок
Slovak: kanárik skalný
Serbian: Kapska žutarica
Swedish: Kapsiska
Turkish: Kap isketesi, Kap İsketesi
Ukrainian: Щедрик капський
Chinese: 海角丝雀
Chinese (Traditional): 南非絲雀

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