Principe Seedeater

Príncipe Seedeater
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Serinus
Species: S. rufobrunneus
Binomial name
Serinus rufobrunneus
Gray, 1862

The Príncipe Seedeater (Serinus rufobrunneus) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found only in Sao Tomé and Príncipe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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.