| Ankober Serin | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Genus: | Serinus |
| Species: | S. ankoberensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Serinus ankoberensis Ash, 1979 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Carduelis ankoberensis |
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The Ankober Serin (Serinus ankoberensis) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. Recent studies places this bird in Carduelis, another genus of finches. It is a small brown seedeater, about 12 centimeters or 5 inches in length, gregarious and often encountered in flocks, with brown upperparts and its head and breast distinguished with heavy buffy-colored streaking. Its song consists of a constant, low twitter.[1]
This bird is endemic to Ethiopia, inhabiting steep rocky slopes and high cliff-tops; the reported range of the Ankober Serin consists of several disjointed areas in northern Shewa and in the northern Amhara Region.[1] It is threatened by habitat loss.