Northern Grosbeak-Canary

Northern Grosbeak-Canary
Northern Grosbeak-Canary
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Serinus
Species: S. donaldsoni
Binomial name
Serinus donaldsoni
Sharpe, 1895

The Northern Grosbeak-Canary or Abyssinian Grosbeak Canary (Serinus donaldsoni) is a species of passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Its binomial name commemorates the explorer Arthur Donaldson-Smith.

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.