- Salvadori's Seedeater
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Salvadori's Seedeater Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae Genus: Serinus Species: S. xantholaemus Binomial name Serinus xantholaemus
Salvadori, 1896Synonyms Serinus xantholaema Salvadori, 1896 [orth. error]
Salvadori's Seedeater or Salvadori's Serin (Serinus xantholaemus) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Phylogeny
It has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
- BirdLife International 2004. Serinus xantholaemus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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