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Alternative name: Kenya Yellow-rumped Seedeater

Serinus reichenowi

[edit] Identification

Prominent pale eyebrow, whitish throat and cheek patch, streaked breast and flanks, yellow rump.

[edit] Distribution

Tanzania, Kenya, southern Somalia, Ethiopia, eastern Uganda, and extreme south-eastern Sudan.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.
Placed in genus Crithagra by Gill and Donsker.

[edit] Habitat

Open woodland and fields.

[edit] Behaviour

Diet includes seeds and insects.

[edit] References

1. Sinclair I & Ryan P. 2003. Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0620207299

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