The yellow-throated seedeater (''Crithagra flavigula'') is a species of
finch in the family
Fringillidae.
It is found only in
Ethiopia.
Its natural
habitats are
subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and
subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland
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.
It is threatened by
habitat loss.
The voice of the bird is a jumbled chirpy song and its call is canary like zeee-zsreee.
The bird favors semi-desert areas with thick patches of scrub on rocky hill sides, scattered trees in savannah type areas. It also prefers highlands rather than low lands.
The yellow-throated 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 yellow-throated seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus ''
Crithagra''.
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yellow-throated seedeater
The yellow-throated seedeater (''Crithagra flavigula'') is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
It is found only in Ethiopia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassl ...
Endemic birds of Ethiopia
yellow-throated seedeater
The yellow-throated seedeater (''Crithagra flavigula'') is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
It is found only in Ethiopia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassl ...
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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