Ankober serin

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Ankober serin
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Crithagra
Species:
C. ankoberensis
Binomial name
Crithagra ankoberensis
(Ash, 1979)
Synonyms

Serinus ankoberensis

The Ankober serin (Crithagra ankoberensis) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is a small brown seedeater, about 12 centimeters or 5 inches in length with brown upperparts and its head and breast distinguished with heavy buffy-colored streaking. It is gregarious and is often encountered in flocks. Its song consists of a constant, low twitter. [2]

This bird is endemic to Ethiopia, inhabiting steep rocky slopes and high cliff-tops; the reported range of the Ankober serin consists of several disjointed areas in northern Shewa and in the northern Amhara Region. [2] It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Ankober serin was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. [3] The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the Ankober serin were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra . [4] [5]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Crithagra ankoberensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22720246A130904034. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22720246A130904034.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Nigel Redman, Terry Stevenson, and John Fanshawe, Birds of the Horn of Africa: Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, and Socotra (Princeton: University Press, 2009), p. 454
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  4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  5. Swainson, William (1827). "On several forms in ornithology not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 348.