Indonesian Serin

It was formerly placed in the genus Serinus. The species belongs to finch in the family Fringillidae. The species was therefore assigned to a separate genus Chrysocorythus, a name that had previously been proposed by the German ornithologist Hans Edmund Wolters in 1967. The Mindanao serin (C. mindanensis) of Mindanao was formerly considered conspecific, together called the mountain serin. was split as a distinct species by the IOC in 2021. (Wikipedia, general species account).

The Indonesian serin, also called the mountain serin, is a finch found in Indonesia, in subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and high-altitude grassland. a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial DNA found it was not closely related to the other serins (Wikipedia, general species account). Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. (Wikipedia, general species account).