Reichenow's seedeater

Reichenow's seedeater
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. reichenowi
Binomial name
Crithagra reichenowi (Salvadori, 1888)
Synonyms
Serinus reichenowi

Reichenow's seedeater (Crithagra reichenowi) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the black-throated canary.

The Reichenow's seedeater 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 Reichenow's seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra . ^{[3] [4]}

Distribution

It is found frequently in eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

1. BirdLife International. (2024). "Crithagra reichenowi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T22720154A263304796. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22720154A263304796.en . Retrieved 28 June 2025.
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2015-06-08.
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.