The western citril (''Crithagra frontalis''), also known as the yellow-browed citril, is a species of
finch
The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usua ...
in the family
Fringillidae
The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usua ...
. It is found in central Africa.
The western citril was formerly placed in the
genus
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''
Serinus
''Serinus'' is a genus of small birds in the finch family Fringillidae found in Europe and Africa. The birds usually have some yellow in their plumage. The genus was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch. Its name is New L ...
'' but phylogenetic analysis using
mitochondrial
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and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was
polyphyletic
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. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the western citril were moved to the resurrected genus ''
Crithagra
''Crithagra'' is a genus of small passerine birds in the finch family (Fringillidae). They live in Africa and Arabia.
The species in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus ''Serinus'', but phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nucle ...
''.
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western citril
The western citril (''Crithagra frontalis''), also known as the yellow-browed citril, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in central Africa.
The western citril was formerly placed in the genus ''Serinus'' but phylogene ...
Birds of Central Africa
Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
Birds of East Africa
western citril
The western citril (''Crithagra frontalis''), also known as the yellow-browed citril, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in central Africa.
The western citril was formerly placed in the genus ''Serinus'' but phylogene ...
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