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'''Alternative Name: Southern Yellow-rumped Seedeater''' | '''Alternative Name: Southern Yellow-rumped Seedeater''' | ||
| + | [[Image:Southern_Yellow-rumped_Seedeater.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Max+Holdt|Max Holdt}} <br />Location: Windhoek, [[Namibia]] ]] | ||
;[[:Category:Serinus|Serinus]] atrogularis | ;[[:Category:Serinus|Serinus]] atrogularis | ||
''Crithagra atrogularis'' | ''Crithagra atrogularis'' | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Length 12-14 cm. A pale grey-brown canary with a blackish throat, yellow rump and a white-tipped tail. | Length 12-14 cm. A pale grey-brown canary with a blackish throat, yellow rump and a white-tipped tail. | ||
| − | + | ====Similar species==== | |
| − | + | [[Kenya Yellow-rumped Seedeater]] and [[Abyssinian Yellow-rumped Seedeater]] do not have a blackish throat, and ranges do not overlap. | |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Image:Black-throated Canary - female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|safariranger|safariranger}}<br />Female<br /> | ||
| + | [[Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve]], Johannesburg, [[South Africa]], June 2007 ]] | ||
[[Africa]]: From [[Uganda]] and [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] in the north to [[South Africa]] in the south. | [[Africa]]: From [[Uganda]] and [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] in the north to [[South Africa]] in the south. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Revision as of 22:15, 5 April 2009
Alternative Name: Southern Yellow-rumped Seedeater
- Serinus atrogularis
Crithagra atrogularis
Identification
Length 12-14 cm. A pale grey-brown canary with a blackish throat, yellow rump and a white-tipped tail.
Similar species
Kenya Yellow-rumped Seedeater and Abyssinian Yellow-rumped Seedeater do not have a blackish throat, and ranges do not overlap.
Distribution
Africa: From Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo in the north to South Africa in the south.
Taxonomy
This species has seven subspecies:1
- S. a. somereni
- S. a. lwenarum
- S. a. deserti
- S. a. semideserti
- S. a. atrogularis
- S. a. impiger
- S. a. seshekeensis
Sometimes considered conspecific with Kenya Yellow-rumped Seedeater and Abyssinian Yellow-rumped Seedeater.2
Habitat
Dry woodland, dry savanna, dry shrubland, fields and gardens. Generally near water.
Behaviour
The diet includes primarily seeds but they also take flowers, nectar, tree sap and insects, particularly termite alates.
References
- Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
- 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
- Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ & Ryan PG (eds) 2005. Robert's Birds of Southern Africa, 7th edition. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 0620340533
