Black-eared seedeater
| Black-eared seedeater | |
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| An adult bird in central Mozambique | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Crithagra |
| Species: | C. mennelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Crithagra mennelli (Chubb, 1908)
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| Synonyms | |
|
Serinus mennelli | |
The black-eared seedeater (Crithagra mennelli) is a species of
Fringillidae
.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural subtropical or tropical dry forest and dry savanna
.
The black-eared seedeater was formerly placed in the
polyphyletic.[2] The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the black-eared seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.[3][4]
References
- . Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- PMID 22023825.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Swainson, William (1827). "On several forms in ornithology not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 348.
External links
- Black-eared seedeater = Blackeared Canary - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.