Forest Canary

Forest Canary
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Serinus
Species: S. scotops
Binomial name
Serinus scotops
(Sundevall, 1850)

The Forest Canary (Serinus scotops) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in South Africa and Swaziland. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Phylogeny

It has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[1]

References

  1. ^ Zamora, J; Moscoso J, Ruiz-del-Valle V, Ernesto L, Serrano-Vela JI, Ira-Cachafeiro J, Arnaiz-Villena A (2006). "Conjoint mitochondrial phylogenetic trees for canaries Serinus spp. and goldfinches Carduelis spp. show several specific polytomies". Ardeola 53(1): 1–17. http://www.ardeola.org/files/1260.pdf.