Salvadori's Seedeater

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Salvadori's Seedeater
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Serinus
Species: S. xantholaemus
Binomial name
Serinus xantholaemus
Salvadori, 1896
Synonyms

Serinus xantholaema Salvadori, 1896 [orth. error]
Crithagra xantholaemus

Salvadori's Seedeater or Salvadori's Serin (Serinus xantholaemus) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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. 
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