Ankober serin
| Ankober serin | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Carduelis ankoberensis | |
The Ankober serin (Serinus ankoberensis) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. 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.[2]
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.[2] It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Serinus ankoberensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson, and John Fanshawe, Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Socotra (Princeton: University Press, 2009), p. 454