African Citril

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African Citril
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Serinus
Species: S. citrinelloides
Binomial name
Serinus citrinelloides
Rüppell, 1840

The African Citril (Serinus citrinelloides) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found from Sudan and Eritrea to Zambia and Mozambique. As defined here, it includes the greyish-headed subspecies brittoni and hypostictus, sometimes separated as the Southern Citril, Serinus hypostictus.

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