Stats

Lifespan: 3-5 yrs
Size: Tiny
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate conifer forest
Range: North America
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Common

About

A small, heavily streaked finch with a notably sharp, pointed bill and flashes of yellow in the wings and tail. Pine Siskins are nomadic, roaming in unpredictable flocks each winter in search of conifer seed crops.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Spinus
Species: Spinus pinus