Hooded Siskin

Spinus magellanicus

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
Genus
Spinus
eBird Code
hoosis1

Vocalizations

Pablo H Capovilla · CC_BY_4_0
Pablo H Capovilla · CC_BY_4_0
Leandro Bareiro Guiñazú · CC_BY_4_0
Naelin · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (12)

  • Spinus magellanicus alleni

    southeastern Bolivia to Paraguay, northeastern Argentina, and southern Brazil

  • Spinus magellanicus bolivianus

    temperate central and southern Bolivia

  • Spinus magellanicus capitalis

    mountains of far southern Colombia to Ecuador and northwestern Peru

  • Spinus magellanicus hoyi

    central Andes of northwestern Argentina

  • Spinus magellanicus ictericus

    southeastern Brazil (Minas Gerais) to Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina

  • Spinus magellanicus longirostris

    southeastern Venezuela to Guyana and northern Brazil

  • Spinus magellanicus magellanicus

    Uruguay and eastern Argentina (southern Corrientes to Río Negro)

  • Spinus magellanicus paulus

    tropical and subtropical southern Ecuador and western Peru (south to Arequipa)

  • Spinus magellanicus peruanus

    tropical and subtropical central Peru (Huánuco to Ayacucho and Cusco)

  • Spinus magellanicus santaecrucis

    eastern foothills of Andes of Bolivia (Santa Cruz)

  • Spinus magellanicus tucumanus

    northwestern Argentina (Jujuy, Santiago, and Santa Fe to Mendoza)

  • Spinus magellanicus urubambensis

    temperate southern Peru (Cusco) to northern Chile (Tarapacá)

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.