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