Biology:Southern grosbeak-canary

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Short description: Species of bird

Southern grosbeak-canary
Southern Grosbeak-Canary (Crithagra buchanani).jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Crithagra
Species:
C. buchanani
Binomial name
Crithagra buchanani
(Hartert, 1919)
Synonyms

Serinus buchanani

The southern grosbeak-canary, also known as Kenya grosbeak-canary (Crithagra buchanani) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

The southern grosbeak-canary was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic.[2] The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the southern grosbeak-canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.[3][4]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Crithagra buchanani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22720191A94660498. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22720191A94660498.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22720191/94660498. Retrieved 17 November 2021. 
  2. Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (2): 581–596. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002. PMID 22023825. http://www.nrm.se/download/18.9ff3752132fdaeccb6800010935/Zuccon%20et%20al%202012.pdf. 
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/finches/. 
  4. Swainson, William (1827). "On several forms in ornithology not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal 3: 348. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339407. 

Wikidata ☰ Q27075835 entry