Brown-rumped seedeater | |
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In Ethiopia | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Crithagra |
Species: | C. tristriata |
Binomial name | |
Crithagra tristriata Rüppell, 1840 | |
Synonyms | |
Serinus tristriatus |
The brown-rumped seedeater (Crithagra tristriata) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in the highlands of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. It is widespread in towns, villages gardens, plantations and upland heath. [2]
The brown-rumped seedeater 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 brown-rumped seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra . [4] [5]
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