African Citril | |
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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.
It has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[1][2]