Black-throated canary

Black-throated canary
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Serinus
Species: S. atrogularis
Binomial name
Serinus atrogularis
(Smith, 1836)
Synonyms

Crithagra atrogularis

The black-throated canary (Serinus atrogularis), alternatively known as the yellow-rumped seedeater, is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family.

Distribution

It is found frequently in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Taxonomy

Serinus atrogularis and S. reichenowi (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into S. atrogularis following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

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Phylogeny

It has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2013). "Serinus atrogularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ↑ Arnaiz-Villena, Antonio; Alvarez-Tejado M.; Ruiz-del-Valle V.; García-de-la-Torre C.; Varela P; Recio M. J.; Ferre S.; Martinez-Laso J. (1999). "Rapid Radiation of Canaries (Genus Serinus)". Mol. Biol. Evol. 16: 2–11. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026034.
  3. ↑ 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: 1–17.

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