Kingdom Animalia Class Aves Family Fringillidae Scientific name Serinus xanthopygius | Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Subfamily Carduelinae Rank Species | |
Similar Black‑throated canary, Reichenow's seedeater, White‑bellied canary, Principe seedeater, Northern grosbeak‑canary | ||
Yellow rumped seedeater
The yellow-rumped seedeater, yellow-rumped serin or Abyssinian yellow-rumped seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygius) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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The yellow-rumped seedeater was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the yellow-rumped seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
Yellow rumped seedeater serinus xanthopygius
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