Northern grosbeak-canary
Northern grosbeak-canary | |
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Illustration (lower) with a white-bellied canary (above) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Crithagra Swainson, 1827 |
Species: | C. donaldsoni |
Binomial name | |
Crithagra donaldsoni (Sharpe, 1895) | |
Synonyms | |
Serinus donaldsoni |
The northern grosbeak-canary or Abyssinian grosbeak canary (Crithagra donaldsoni) is a species of passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. Its binomial name commemorates the explorer Arthur Donaldson Smith.
The northern grosbeak-canary was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic.[1] The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the northern grosbeak-canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62 (2): 581–596. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ↑ Swainson, William (1827). "On several forms in ornithology not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal 3: 348.
- BirdLife International 2004. Serinus donaldsoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
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