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pine siskin

noun

  1. a small, North American finch, Carduelis pinus, of coniferous forests, having yellow markings on the wings and tail.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pine siskin1

An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
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Example Sentences

As of this writing, it’s logged 194 house finch visits, 83 California towhee drop-bys, 5 squirrel sorties and a lone pine siskin pop in.

A pine siskin appears to react to the car noise by blasting out a call — see the thick red vertical smear about three-quarters of the way across the image — spanning many frequencies.

Instead, we found a flock of house finches, another of pine siskins and a diminutive downy woodpecker.

The most chaotic birds overall are probably the goldfinches and their cousins, the pine siskins, Miller said.

In front of the lodge, more than a dozen feeders were filled with bridled titmouse, cartoonish acorn woodpeckers, thick-billed, black-headed grosbeaks and gregarious pine siskins.

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