Kipengere seedeater

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Kipengere seedeater

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Crithagra
Species:
C. melanochroa
Binomial name
Crithagra melanochroa
(Reichenow, 1900)
Synonyms

Serinus melanochrous

The Kipengere seedeater (Crithagra melanochroa), also known as the Tanzania seedeater, is a species of

habitat loss
.

The Kipengere seedeater was formerly placed in the

polyphyletic.[2] The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the Kipengere seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.[3][4]

Range

The Kipengere seedeater is found in montane forest and shrubland in the Udzungwa Mountains, Kipengere Range, and Mount Rungwe.[1]

References

  1. ^ . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
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  3. ^ 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.