Reichenow's Seedeater (Crithagra reichenowi)
About the Reichenow's Seedeater
Reichenow's seedeater (Crithagra reichenowi) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the black-throated canary. The Reichenow's 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 Reichenow's seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra. It is found frequently in eastern Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
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Our streaming copies are mirrored from the original xeno-canto file and transcoded to 96 kbps mono — a modification, so we note it here; the licence for each recording is named in its credit below.
1 recording on this page · licensed CC BY-SA ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania · xeno-canto lists 47 recordings for this species in total.
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- African CitrilCrithagra citrinelloidesrecording
- Ankober SerinCrithagra ankoberensisprofile
- Arabian SerinCrithagra rothschildiprofile
- Black-eared SeedeaterCrithagra mennelliprofile
- Black-faced CanaryCrithagra capistrataprofile
- Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularisprofile
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.