Yellow-browed seedeater

The yellow-browed seedeater (Crithagra whytii) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia.

Yellow-browed seedeater
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Crithagra
Species:
C. whytii
Binomial name
Crithagra whytii
(Shelley, 1897)
Synonyms

Serinus whytii

The yellow-browed 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 yellow-browed seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.[3][4]

Since 2012 the IUCN has treated this taxon as a subspecies of Crithagra striolata.[1]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2013). "Crithagra striolata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T22731359A50443224. Retrieved 23 April 2020.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link) (See "taxonomy in detail" section)
  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.


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