Reichard's Seedeater - BirdForum Opus

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Subspecies striatipectus
Photo by Bassel
Gamella, west Ethiopia, April 2012

Crithagra reichardi

Serinus reichardi
Includes Abyssinian Canary

Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are two subspecies^[1]:

• C. r. striatipectus:

• Mountains of southern Sudan to southern Ethiopia and central highlands of Kenya - split as Abyssinian Canary by Dickinson

• C. r. reichardi:

• South-eastern Zaire to Zambia, Tanzania, Malawi and northern Mozambique

Habitat

Dry savanna. Miombo woodland and areas of granite inselbergs.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Avibase

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Reichard's Seedeater. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Reichard%27s_Seedeater

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