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'''Alternative name: Tanzania Seedeater''' | '''Alternative name: Tanzania Seedeater''' | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Length 14-15 cm; a dark brown canary. | Length 14-15 cm; a dark brown canary. | ||
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Monotypic. | Monotypic. | ||
| − | Some | + | Some authorities consider this taxon a subspecies of the [[Thick-billed Seedeater]] ''Crithagra burtoni''.<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup><br /> |
| − | Placed in genus [[:Category: | + | Placed in genus ''[[:Category:Serinus|Serinus]]'' by Clements. |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Forest and bushland. | Forest and bushland. | ||
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# Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. ''The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World''. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010 | # Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. ''The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World''. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch| | + | {{GSearch|Seedeater+melanochrous}} |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Crithagra]] |
Revision as of 19:01, 3 October 2015
Alternative name: Tanzania Seedeater
- Crithagra melanochroa
Serinus melanochrous
Identification
Length 14-15 cm; a dark brown canary.
Similar Species
Similar to the Thick-billed Seedeater, but is smaller, with a whitish throat, heavily streaked underparts, lacks white wing bars, and has thin white lines around the eye (rather than a white forehead).
Distribution
Southern Tanzania
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Some authorities consider this taxon a subspecies of the Thick-billed Seedeater Crithagra burtoni.2
Placed in genus Serinus by Clements.
Habitat
Forest and bushland.
Status
Classified as Near Threatened in the 2008 IUCN Red List.1
Behaviour
Diet includes fruit and hard seeds of trees and shrubs and also forages on the ground.
References
- BirdLife International (2008) Species factsheet: Serinus melanochrous. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 16/8/2008.
- Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
