Kipengere seedeater

The Kipengere seedeater (Crithagra melanochrous), also known as the Tanzania seedeater, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found only in Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Kipengere seedeater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Crithagra
Species:
C. melanochrous
Binomial name
Crithagra melanochrous
(Reichenow, 1900)
Synonyms

Serinus melanochrous

The Kipengere seedeater was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was 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.[5]

References
  1. BirdLife International. 2017. Crithagra melanochroa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22720278A118500042. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22720278A118500042.en. Downloaded on 31 December 2018.
  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. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002. PMID 22023825.
  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.
  5. BirdLife International 2017. Crithagra melanochroa. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22720278A118500042. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22720278A118500042.en. Downloaded on 09 September 2019.


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