Editing Red-fronted serin

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Red-fronted serin
| image = Fire-fronted Serin Nainital Uttarakhand India 31.01.2015.jpg
| image_caption = ''Serinus pusillus'' from [[Nainital]] district of [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]].
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Serinus pusillus'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22720045A88223299 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22720045A88223299.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Serinus
| species = pusillus
| authority = ([[Peter Simon Pallas|Pallas]], 1811)
}}

The '''red-fronted serin''' or '''fire-fronted serin''' ('''''Serinus pusillus''''') is a small [[passerine]] [[bird]] in the [[finch]] family Fringillidae.  It prefers high mountain regions and is {{convert|11|–|12|cm|abbr=on}} long.

This bird breeds in the [[Caucasus]] and the higher [[mountain]]s of [[Turkey]] and [[Iran]], with vagrants occasionally reaching the [[Greece|Greek]] Eastern Aegean Islands in winter. This bird is also found in [[Ladakh]] and other parts of the [[India]]n [[Himalayas]]. Outside the breeding season, it occurs in small flocks, typically seen searching through thistle patches. It is a popular cagebird, and escapees from captivity are occasionally found throughout Europe.

The bird is variable in plumage, with adults resembling very dark [[redpoll]]s. The foreparts are sooty and the forehead is red; juveniles have buff-brown heads. The call is a rapid, shrill "titihihihihihi", resembling that of a [[Linnet]].

The bird will breed in captivity and thrives on a diet of canary grass seed, millet, and other small seeds. They bathe daily if water is accessible.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.trakus.org/kods_bird/uye/?fsx=2fsdl15@d&idx=4303 Red-fronted serin From Turkey]

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[[Category:Serinus|red-fronted serin]]
[[Category:Birds of Azerbaijan]]
[[Category:Birds of West Asia]]
[[Category:Birds of Central Asia]]
[[Category:Birds of Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Birds of North India]]
[[Category:Birds of Western China]]
[[Category:Birds described in 1811|red-fronted serin]]