Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia)

Other Names (World)
Yellow-rumped Seedeater, Abyssinian Yellow-rumped Seedeater, White-throated Serin, White-throated Seedeater, Yellow-rumped Serin

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
11 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(R�ppell, 1840)

Habitat
Semi-arid scrub, woodland and fields.

Range (Guide)

Eritrea, Ethiopia.

Eritrea and northern and west-central Ethiopia.

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

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Very similar to that of Reichenow's Seedeater (Crithagra reichenowi) - a prolonged series of wheezy whistles and chirrups.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (2)...)

Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia) [XC300224]
by id from Gibe gorge area, Ethiopia (song)

Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia) [XC209973]
by Peter Boesman from Jemma Valley, Ethiopia (song)

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).

Thought to form a superspecies with Black-throated Canary (Crithagra atrogularis) and Reichenow's Seedeater (Crithagra reichenowi) and previously considered conspecific with both, but differs morphologically and vocally and not known to interact or associate with Reichenow's Seedeater (Crithagra reichenowi) in areas of range overlap.

References
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