Drakensberg Siskin

The Drakensberg Siskin, Serinus symonsi, is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is an endemic resident breeder in the eastern Cape Province Transkei and western Natal in South Africa, and in Lesotho. It is sometimes assigned to the genus Pseudochloroptila as Pseudochloroptila symonsi .

This species is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the Cape Siskin, Serinus totta of southern Cape Province, in which case the nominate western form is S. t totta, and the eastern form is S. t. symonsi.

This locally common but shy and unobtrusive siskin is found in the scrubby valleys and hillsides of the Drakensberg mountains.