Brown-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra tristriata)

Other Names (World)
Brown-rumped Seedeater, Brown-rumped Serin

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
13 cm

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

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical high altitude shrubland. From 1,060 - 3,330 m.

Range (Guide)

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia.

Western Eritrea, northern and central Ethiopia and northern Somalia.

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 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A 'chuwee' or 'sirree' uttered in contact. A usual, jumbled canary-like song.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

Brown-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra tristriata) [XC801783]
by Guilherme Melo from \u1309\u1208\u120c\u1362 (near Goro), North Shewa, Oromia, Ethiopia (call)

Brown-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra tristriata) [XC825139]
by Guilherme Melo from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Birds from northern Somalia, supposedly paler or greyer and with more prominent streaks on mantle, sometimes separated as subspecies pallidior, but probably matched by others elsewhere in range.

References
See References.

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