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Birdwatching in Africa - Yellow-throated serin or Yellow-throated Seedeater, Crithagra flavigula


The Yellow-throated serin or Yellow-throated Seedeater (Crithagra flavigula) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found only in Ethiopia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The voice of the bird is a jumbled chirpy song and its call is canary like zeee-zsreee. The bird favors semi-desert areas with thick patches of scrub on rocky hill sides, scattered trees in savannah type areas. It also prefers highlands rather than low lands.

The yellow-throated seedeater was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the yellow-throated seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.

Range map from www.oiseaux.net

Range map
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Length: 10 – 11·5 cm
Wingspan:
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature

Similar Species



From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Female / Male



From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.




Listen to the Yellow-throated serin

Remarks from the Recordist

Natural vocalization; calls from a flock of at least 20 birds moving along the slope of a small but steep drainage covered with seeding flower heads.



Remarks from the Recordist

Natural vocalization; songs from a male sitting near the top of a large tree adjacent to a river and disturbed thornscrub.


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Conservation status
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Sighted: 24 October 2019 (Date of first photo that I could use)
Location: Melka Ghebdu, Ethiopia


Yellow-throated serin or Yellow-throated Seedeater, Crithagra flavigula
Yellow-throated serin or Yellow-throated Seedeater
24 October 2019 - Melka Ghebdu, Ethiopia

Yellow-throated serin or Yellow-throated Seedeater, Crithagra flavigula
Yellow-throated serin or Yellow-throated Seedeater
24 October 2019 - Melka Ghebdu, Ethiopia

Yellow-throated serin or Yellow-throated Seedeater, Crithagra flavigula
Yellow-throated serin or Yellow-throated Seedeater
24 October 2019 - Melka Ghebdu, Ethiopia

Yellow-throated serin or Yellow-throated Seedeater, Crithagra flavigula
Yellow-throated serin or Yellow-throated Seedeater
24 October 2019 - Melka Ghebdu, Ethiopia



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