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Indonesian Serin Chrysocorythus estherae Scientific name definitions

Guy M. Kirwan, Peter Clement, Josep del Hoyo, and Nigel Collar
Version: 1.0 — Published October 22, 2024

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Presumed female, dorsal view (subspecies estherae).

Females have little or no yellow on the forehead and crown, and may show white lores and a narrow eyering. Yellow on the rump and yellow tips to the wing coverts are paler or duller than in the male. The breast is mostly buffish white, with a slight tinge of yellow at the sides. The streaks on the underparts are slightly more extensive than in males. Tail is blackish brown.

Male, lateral view (subspecies estherae).

Mantle, back, and scapulars are olive brown, tinged grayThe upperwing coverts are blackish brown, with pale yellow tips to the median and greater coverts (forming double wingbars); the alula, primary coverts, and remiges are blackish brown. In fresh plumage, the secondaries are thinly edged pale yellowish white, and the tertials edged pale yellow on their outer webs.

Male, frontal view (subspecies estherae).

Forehead, lower sides of the crown, and submoustachial area are yellow, and can appear spotted, with dark feather bases showing. The rest of the crown, nape, and ear coverts are gray brown. Chin to lower throat is brownish. The breast is pale buffish white or yellow, and heavily spotted or streaked blackish brown, with the markings continuing onto the whitish flanks, and the belly.

‘Lore Lindu Serin;' presumably male.

Adult male is unique in that the forehead, malar region, crown, rump, and wingbars are variably orange, not yellow.


Macaulay Library Photos for Indonesian Serin

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Recommended Citation

Kirwan, G. M., P. Clement, J. del Hoyo, and N. Collar (2024). Indonesian Serin (Chrysocorythus estherae), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (B. K. Keeney, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.mouser2.01
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