Oriole Finch

Oriole Finch
Oriole Finch
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Linurgus
L,Reichenbach, 1850
Species: L. olivaceus
Binomial name
Linurgus olivaceus
(Fraser, 1842)
Linurgus olivaceus (female)

The Oriole Finch (Linurgus olivaceus) is species of bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It was classified as monotypic in the genus Linurgus, but now it has been found by molecular phylogeny that it belongs to Genus Serinus.[1][2] It has a black head and yellow body. It is found in Africa, native to Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. It is found in subtropical or tropical moist evergreen montane forests.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A.; Arnaiz-VillenaA.; Alvarez-Tejado M.; Ruiz-del-Valle V.; García-de-la-Torre C.; Varela P.; Recio M. J.; Ferre S.; Martinez-Laso J. (1999). "Rapid Radiation of Canaries (Genus Serinus)". Mol. Biol. Evol. 16: 2–11. http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/content/16/1/2.full.pdf. 
  2. ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A.; Moscoso, J.; Ruiz-del-Valle, V.; Gonzalez, J.; Reguera, R.; Wink, M.; and Serrano-Vela, J. I. (2007). "Bayesian phylogeny of Fringillidae birds: status of the singular African oriole finch Linurgus olivaceus and evolution and heterogeneity of the genus Carpodacus". Acta Zoologica Sinica 53 (5): 826–834. http://www.actazool.org/temp/%7BC6BDA075-F92E-48AF-815F-98BED7C65FE5%7D.pdf. Retrieved 14 December 2009. 
  3. ^ BirdLife International (2004). Linurgus olivaceus. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
  4. ^ Clement, Peter; Harris, Alan; Davis, John (1993). Finches and Sparrows. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 210–211. ISBN 0-691-03424-9. 

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