White-rumped seedeater
| White-rumped seedeater | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: |
Crithagra Swainson, 1827 |
| Species: | C. leucopygius |
| Binomial name | |
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Crithagra leucopygius Sundevall, 1850 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Serinus leucopygius |
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Serinus leucopygius
The white-rumped seedeater (Crithagra leucopygius) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
The white-rumped seedeater was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the white-rumped seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra Swainson 1827.
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