Crithagra

Crithagra is a genus of small passerine birds in the finch family (Fringillidae). They live in Africa and Arabia.

Crithagra
Male brimstone canary (Crithagra sulphurata sharpii)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Subfamily: Carduelinae
Genus: Crithagra
Swainson, 1827
Type species
Loxia sulphurata[1]
Linnaeus, 1766
Species

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The species in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus Serinus, but phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic.[2] It was therefore split into two monophyletic genera. Eight species, including the European serin (Serinus serinus), were retained in Serinus, while the other species were assigned to the resurrected genus Crithagra.[3]

Species

The genus was introduced in 1827 by the English ornithologist William John Swainson.[4] The type species was subsequently designated as the brimstone canary.[5] The name comes from the classical Greek krithē for "barley" and agra for "hunting".[6]

The genus contains 37 species:[3]

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Príncipe seedeaterCrithagra rufobrunneaSão Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé grosbeakCrithagra concolorSão Tomé
African citrilCrithagra citrinelloidesEthiopia, Eritrea to western Kenya.
Western citrilCrithagra frontaliscentral Africa
Southern citrilCrithagra hypostictaSouth Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi.
Black-faced canaryCrithagra capistrataAngola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Zambia.
Papyrus canaryCrithagra koliensisBurundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
Forest canaryCrithagra scotopsCameroon, Congo, and Kenya.
White-rumped seedeaterCrithagra leucopygiaSudan
Black-throated canaryCrithagra atrogularisAngola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Yellow-rumped seedeaterCrithagra xanthopygiaEritrea, Kenya and Ethiopia.
Reichenow's seedeaterCrithagra reichenowieastern Africa
Arabian serinCrithagra rothschildiwestern Saudi Arabia and Yemen
Yellow-throated seedeaterCrithagra flavigulaEthiopia.
Salvadori's seedeaterCrithagra xantholaemaEthiopia.
Lemon-breasted canaryCrithagra citrinipectusMalawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Yellow-fronted canaryCrithagra mozambicaAfrica south of the Sahara Desert.
White-bellied canaryCrithagra dorsostriataEthiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Ankober serinCrithagra ankoberensisEthiopia
Yemen serinCrithagra menachensisOman, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
Cape siskinCrithagra tottaSouth Africa.
Drakensberg siskinCrithagra symonsiSouth Africa,
Northern grosbeak-canaryCrithagra donaldsoniEthiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
Southern grosbeak-canaryCrithagra buchananiKenya and Tanzania.
Yellow canaryCrithagra flaviventrissouthern Africa
Brimstone canaryCrithagra sulphuratacentral and southern Africa.
Stripe-breasted seedeaterCrithagra striatipectus[7]Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya.
Reichard's seedeaterCrithagra reichardiZambia, Malawi and Tanzania
Streaky-headed seedeaterCrithagra gularissouthern Africa.
West African seedeaterCrithagra canicapillaGuinea, Sierra Leone, southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast across to southern Niger and northern Cameroon
Black-eared seedeaterCrithagra mennelliAngola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Brown-rumped seedeaterCrithagra tristriataEthiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.
White-throated canaryCrithagra albogularisAngola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa.
Thick-billed seedeaterCrithagra burtoniAngola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Streaky seedeaterCrithagra striolataBurundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Yellow-browed seedeaterCrithagra whytiiMalawi, Tanzania, and Zambia.
Kipengere seedeaterCrithagra melanochroaTanzania
Protea canaryCrithagra leucopteraSouth Africa.

References
  1. "Fringillidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  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.
  5. Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
  6. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  7. "Species Updates – IOC World Bird List". Retrieved 2021-06-18.
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