: a small chiefly greenish and yellowish finch (Spinus spinus) of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa that is related to the goldfinch compare pine siskin, red siskin
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Basically, the process of trafficking a siskin may start with a trapper in a rural area.
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2020
Researchers are working on learning more about trafficking rings in an effort to potentially recruit some of the breeders and other players to help with siskin conservation.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2020
The first red siskins just arrived at SCBI in 2015.
—Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
The very first red siskin chick ever born at SCBI hatched in mid-April.
—Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
Finches, pine siskins, chickadees and woodpeckers eat the seeds from the pine cones and glean insects from the bark.
—Jennifer J. Meyer, Orange County Register, 24 Jan. 2017
Smithsonian hopes to eventually breed enough red siskins to support a reintroduction program and bolster the wild population in South America.
—Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
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Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2020
Researchers are working on learning more about trafficking rings in an effort to potentially recruit some of the breeders and other players to help with siskin conservation.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Apr. 2020
The first red siskins just arrived at SCBI in 2015.
—Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
The very first red siskin chick ever born at SCBI hatched in mid-April.
—Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
Finches, pine siskins, chickadees and woodpeckers eat the seeds from the pine cones and glean insects from the bark.
—Jennifer J. Meyer, Orange County Register, 24 Jan. 2017
Smithsonian hopes to eventually breed enough red siskins to support a reintroduction program and bolster the wild population in South America.
—Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 18 May 2017
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