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Red-fronted Serin
Serinus pusillus
| Armenian Name: | Կարմրաճակատ սերինոս |
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See Plate 55 for Red-fronted Serin and other similar species
| Resident Status: | Year-round resident |
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| Abundance: | Common |
| Length: | 12 cm, Wing Span:21-23 cm |
| Distribution Map: | Map 316. |
| Description: | Small and streaky with yellow stripes along primaries and edge of tail. |
| Adult (Breeding): | Male has sooty-black head and breast, and a fiery-red forecrown. Female has a small red forehead patch, is grayer overall with streaked rump. |
| Adult (Non-breeding): | Similar to breeding female. |
| Behavior: | Forms flocks outside breeding season. During heavy snow, forages on vertical cliffs. |
| Habitat: | Steep arid mountain slopes with open deciduous or juniper woods. In winter, river valleys, orchards, semidesert. |
| Food: | Seeds, some invertebrates. |
| Nest: | Cup of grass and stems in rock crevice or dense shrub. |
| Eggs: | 17 mm, 3-5, bluish-white, pink spots and lines. |
