Salvadori's Seedeater (Crithagra xantholaema)

Other Scientific Names
Serinus xantholaema [Collar and Andrew (1988)], Serinus xantholaema [Collar et al. (1994)], Serinus xantholaema [BirdLife International (2000)]

Other Names (World)
Salvadori's Seedeater, Salvadori's Serin

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
11 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvadori, 1896)

Habitat
Semi-arid acacia scrub and juniper forest edge, dry thickets of wadis, and adjacent dry, bushed grassland. From 1,000 - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia (B).

Central and southern Ethiopia: central Harar, northern Bale and central Sidamo (central Borena Zone).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Flight call is similar to that of Yellow-throated Seedeater (Crithagra flavigula) - a typical, canary-like 'zeee-zsreee'. A typical jumbled, canary-like song.

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Salvadori's Seedeater (Crithagra xantholaema) [XC531793]
by Andrew Spencer from Bale, Oromia, Ethiopia (call)

Salvadori's Seedeater (Crithagra xantholaema) [XC300209]
by Barry Edmonston from Sof Omar, Ethiopia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Serinus xanthopygius (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia) and Salvadori's Seedeater (Crithagra xantholaema) following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Forms a superspecies, and formerly treated as conspecific, with Yellow-throated Seedeater (Crithagra flavigula) and both have been treated as conspecific with Black-throated Canary (Crithagra atrogularis). Was previously considered a hybrid between Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia) and Yellow-fronted Canary (Crithagra mozambica) or White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), or a mutation of Reichenow's Seedeater (Crithagra reichenowi). Geographical variation problematic and insufficiently known, and position further confused by population on Mt Fantalle (central Ethiopia), which intermediate in characters between present species and Yellow-throated Seedeater (Crithagra flavigula). Provisionally considered a separate species pending further research, including analysis of mitochondrial DNA.

References
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