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Crithagra

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Crithagra
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Male brimstone canary (Crithagra sulphurata sharpii)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Crithagra
Swainson, 1827
Type species
Loxia sulphurata[1]
Linnaeus, 1766
Species

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Crithagra is a genus of small passerine birds in the finch family (Fringillidae). They live in Africa and Arabia.

The species in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Serinus, but phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic.[2] It was therefore split into two monophyletic genera. Eight species, including the European serin (Serinus serinus), were retained in Serinus, while the other species were assigned to the resurrected genus Crithagra.[3]

Species

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The genus was introduced in 1827 by the English ornithologist William Swainson.[4] The type species was subsequently designated as the brimstone canary.[5] The name comes from the classical Greek krithē for "barley" and agra for "hunting".[6]

The genus contains 38 species:[3]

ImageCommon nameScientific nameDistribution
ImagePríncipe seedeaterCrithagra rufobrunneaSão Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé grosbeakCrithagra concolorSão Tomé
ImageAfrican citrilCrithagra citrinelloidesEthiopia, Eritrea to western Kenya.
ImageWestern citrilCrithagra frontaliscentral Africa
ImageSouthern citrilCrithagra hypostictaSouth Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi.
ImageBlack-faced canaryCrithagra capistrataAngola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Zambia.
ImagePapyrus canaryCrithagra koliensisBurundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
ImageForest canaryCrithagra scotopsCameroon, Congo, and Kenya.
ImageWhite-rumped seedeaterCrithagra leucopygiaSudan
ImageBlack-throated canaryCrithagra atrogularisAngola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Yellow-rumped seedeaterCrithagra xanthopygiaEritrea, Kenya and Ethiopia.
ImageReichenow's seedeaterCrithagra reichenowieastern Africa
ImageArabian serinCrithagra rothschildiSouthwestern Arabian foothills savanna
Yellow-throated seedeaterCrithagra flavigulaEthiopia.
ImageSalvadori's seedeaterCrithagra xantholaemaEthiopia.
ImageLemon-breasted canaryCrithagra citrinipectusMalawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
ImageYellow-fronted canaryCrithagra mozambicaAfrica south of the Sahara Desert.
ImageWhite-bellied canaryCrithagra dorsostriataEthiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Ankober serinCrithagra ankoberensisEthiopia
ImageYemen serinCrithagra menachensisSouthwestern Arabian foothills savanna
ImageCape siskinCrithagra tottaSouth Africa.
ImageDrakensberg siskinCrithagra symonsiSouth Africa,
Northern grosbeak-canaryCrithagra donaldsoniEthiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
ImageSouthern grosbeak-canaryCrithagra buchananiKenya and Tanzania.
ImageYellow canaryCrithagra flaviventrissouthern Africa
ImageBrimstone canaryCrithagra sulphuratacentral and southern Africa.
ImageStripe-breasted seedeaterCrithagra striatipectus[7]Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
Reichard's seedeaterCrithagra reichardiZambia, Malawi and Tanzania
ImageStreaky-headed seedeaterCrithagra gularissouthern Africa.
West African seedeaterCrithagra canicapillaGuinea, Sierra Leone, southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast across to southern Niger and northern Cameroon
ImageBlack-eared seedeaterCrithagra mennelliAngola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
ImageBrown-rumped seedeaterCrithagra tristriataEthiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.
ImageWhite-throated canaryCrithagra albogularisAngola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa.
ImageThick-billed seedeaterCrithagra burtoniAngola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
ImageStreaky seedeaterCrithagra striolataBurundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Yellow-browed seedeaterCrithagra whytiiMalawi, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Kipengere seedeaterCrithagra melanochroaTanzania
ImageProtea canaryCrithagra leucopteraSouth Africa.

References

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  1. ↑ "Fringillidae". Howard & Moore Checklist Online. Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. ↑ Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (2): 581–596. Bibcode:2012MolPE..62..581Z. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002. PMID 22023825.
  3. 1 2 Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Swainson, William (1827). "On several forms in ornithology not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 348.
  5. ↑ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
  6. ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  7. ↑ "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-18.
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