West African seedeater
| West African seedeater | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Fringillidae |
| Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
| Genus: | Crithagra |
| Species: | C. canicapilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Crithagra canicapilla (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855)
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The West African seedeater (Crithagra canicapilla) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast across to southern Niger and northern Cameroon.
Some authorities have considered the West African seedeater as a subspecies of the streaky-headed seedeater (Crithagra gularis).[2][3]
Three subspecies are recognised:[4]
- C. c. canicapilla - (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855)
- C. c. elgonensis - (Ogilvie-Grant, 1912)
- C. c. montanorum - (Bannerman, 1923)
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Serinus canicapilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Clements, J.F.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Iliff, M.J.; Roberson, D.; Fredericks, T.A.; Sullivan, B.L.; Wood, C.L. (2014). "The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9". Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. "West African Seedeater (Crithagra canicapilla)". In del Hoyo, J; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 6 May 2017.(subscription required)
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Crithagra
- Birds of West Africa
- Birds described in 1855
- Taxa named by Bernard du Bus de Gisignies