- Yellow-throated Seedeater
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Yellow-Throated Seedeater Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Fringillidae Genus: Serinus Species: S. flavigula Binomial name Serinus flavigula
Salvadori, 1888The Yellow-Throated Seedeater (Serinus flavigula) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The voice of the bird is a jumbled chirpy song and its call is canary like zeee-zsreee. The bird seems to favor semi-desert areas with thick patches of scrub on rocky hill sides, scattered trees in savannah type areas. It also prefers highlands rather than low lands. This bird is known as old specimens because it is believed to be dated back to the 19th century. It was originally found in a province named Shoa in eastern Ethiopia. I
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 flavigula. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
Vivero,Jose Luis.Wondafrash,Mengistu.BirdLife International (2010) Species factsheet: Serinus flavigula. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/11/2010. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2010) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/11/2010. [2]
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