Siskins Photo Album

Time to get out of the shell.

Day old Red Siskins

Nest #1 five days later

Nest of Red, Yellow and mixed Siskins

Full house (Two Red & Three Hoodeds)

Three Hooded & three Red Siskins

5 days old Red Siskins

16 day old chicks

Just out of the nest

3 week old Red Siskins

Red Siskins 7th Feb 1998

Red Siskin 15th Feb 1998
Photo by: John Quatro

16 & 21 day old Red Siskins

First blotches of  red on young male

Not doing impressions, only Sun Baking

Red & Yellow Siskin males, just starting to colour

Siskin Delight

Young male in full colour

Young males

Just showing off his colours

So is he!

Young Colombian Siskin
Owned by Jorg Nitschky

European Siskin Mutations; Normal, Green, Brown & Isabel.

Young European Siskins just starting to colour

European Siskin female mutation Isabel
Owned by Jean Michel Eytorff

Just polishing Jean-Michel's medals
Photo by John Quatro

Female European Siskin mutation green
Owned by Jean Michel Eytorff

Hooded Siskin eggs

5 day old hooded Siskins

10 day old chicks

Hooded Siskins hatched 1st January 1998

Hooded Siskins 15th January 1998

18 day old Hooded Siskin

16 day old Hooded Siskins

Pair of Black Siskins
(Spinus Atratus)
Photo by John Quatro

Black Siskin female

16 days old Black Siskins
Giorggio de Baseggio-Allevamento dei Carduelidi

3 weeks old Black Siskin
Giorggio de Baseggio-Allevamento dei Carduelidi

Black Siskins pair
(Spinus atratus)

Black Siskin male
Photo by: John Quatro

Black Siskin female
Owned by a Siskin Breeder in the USA

3 Week old Black Siskin bred by (unonymous)
New York (USA)

Can anybody identify this sub-species of Magellanicus?
It is a very small female, possibly Longirostris from N.E. Venezuela and Northern Brazil
Photo by John Quatro

It's lunch time for these youngsters

An infamous hybrid Magellanicus x Cucullatus
(photo by Dr. C. Ortega)

Andian Siskin (Spinus s. nigricauda)
(bred by Dr. C. Ortega)

This is a sub-specie Spinus magellanicus santaecrucis
(bred by Dr. C. Ortega)