Southern Grosbeak-Canary

Southern Grosbeak-Canary
Southern Grosbeak-Canary
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Serinus
Species: S. buchanani
Binomial name
Serinus buchanani
Hartert, 1919

The Southern Grosbeak-Canary, also known as Kenya Grosbeak-Canary (Serinus buchanani) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Phylogeny

It has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[1]

References

  1. ^ Zamora, J; Moscoso J, Ruiz-del-Valle V, Ernesto L, Serrano-Vela JI, Ira-Cachafeiro J, Arnaiz-Villena A (2006). "Conjoint mitochondrial phylogenetic trees for canaries Serinus spp. and goldfinches Carduelis spp. show several specific polytomies". Ardeola 53(1): 1–17. http://www.ardeola.org/files/1260.pdf.