Northern grosbeak-canary

Northern grosbeak-canary
Illustration (lower) with a white-bellied canary (above)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	Crithagra
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. ^[2] The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the northern grosbeak-canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra . ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Crithagra donaldsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22720185A94660325. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22720185A94660325.en . Retrieved 15 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.