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Serinus citrinelloides

Photo by volker sthamer
Location: Awassa, Ethiopia

[edit] Identification

Olive green body, darker on back, grey bill, dark eye.

[edit] Distribution

Africa
Western Africa: Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya

[edit] Taxonomy

Placed in genus Crithagra by Gill and Donsker.
Polytypic. Consists of two subspecies.

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• S. c. citrinelloides:

• Highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia

• S. c. kikuyensis:

• Highlands of south and south-western Kenya

A third subspecies Serinus citrinelloides martinsi is recognised by some authorities.^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Highlands.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase

• List of references

[edit] External Links