• Source: African citril

The African citril (Crithagra citrinelloides), also known as the Abyssinian citril, is a species of finch. It is found from Ethiopia, Eritrea to western Kenya. It is closely related to the western and southern citril, to which it was formerly considered conspecific.




Phylogeny


The African citril 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 African citril were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.




Habitat


This bird was studied in the Degua Tembien massif, and observed to be a breeding resident of woodland edges, scrubland and forest edges.




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• African citril
• List of true finch species
• List of birds of Africa
• Western citril
• List of birds by common name
• List of birds of Zimbabwe
• Virunga National Park
• Tigray Region
• List of birds of Kenya
• List of birds of Uganda