Black-faced canary

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Black-faced canary
Black-faced Canary (Crithagra capistrata) by Henrik Gronvold.jpg
Black-faced canary by Henrik Grönvold
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Crithagra
Species:
C. capistrata
Binomial name
Crithagra capistrata
Finsch, 1870
Synonyms

Serinus capistratus

The black-faced canary (Crithagra capistrata) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

The black-faced canary was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. [2] The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the black-faced canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra . [3] [4]

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Crithagra capistrata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22720105A94657658. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22720105A94657658.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 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. PMID   22023825.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  4. Swainson, William (1827). "On several forms in ornithology not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 348.