Black-throated canary
| Black-throated canary | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Crithagra |
| Species: | C. atrogularis
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| Binomial name | |
| Crithagra atrogularis (Smith, 1836)
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| Synonyms | |
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Serinus atrogularis | |
The black-throated canary (Crithagra atrogularis), also known as the black-throated seedeater, is a species of
Fringillidae
.
Distribution
It is found frequently in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural
subtropical or tropical dry shrubland
.
Taxonomy
The black-throated canary was formerly placed in the
polyphyletic.[2] The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the black-throated canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.[3][4]
References
- . Retrieved 13 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
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Crithagra atrogularis.
- Black-throated canary – Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.