The black-eared seedeater (''Crithagra mennelli'') is a species of
finch in the family
Fringillidae.
It is found in
Angola,
Botswana,
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
South Africa,
Tanzania,
Zambia, and
Zimbabwe.
Its natural
habitats are
subtropical or tropical dry forest
The tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forest is a habitat type defined by the World Wide Fund for Nature and is located at tropical and subtropical latitudes. Though these forests occur in climates that are warm year-round, and may receive ...
and dry
savanna.
The black-eared seedeater was formerly placed in the
genus ''
Serinus'' but phylogenetic analysis using
mitochondrial
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and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was
polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the black-eared seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus ''
Crithagra''.
References
External links
* Black-eared seedeater = Blackeared Canary
Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
black-eared seedeater
The black-eared seedeater (''Crithagra mennelli'') is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its ...
Birds of Southern Africa
black-eared seedeater
The black-eared seedeater (''Crithagra mennelli'') is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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