| Brown-Rumped Seedeater | |
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| In Ethiopia | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Genus: | Serinus |
| Species: | S. tristriatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Serinus tristriatus R�ppell, 1840 |
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The Brown-rumped Seedeater (Serinus tristriatus) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in the highlands of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. It is widespread in towns, villages gardens, plantations and upland heath.
The phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[1]
Length 13 cm. This is a drab uniform grey-brown canary with a small white supercillium. It has a plain (not streaked or spotted) breast with white under the chin. The the uniformity of its drabnes means it's eponymous 'brown rump' is often not apparent.