Abyssinian Citril (Crithagra citrinelloides)

Other Names (World)
Abyssinian Citril, African Citril (citrinelloides), Western Citril (frontalis), Kenya Citril (kikuyensis), Eastern Citril (hypostictus), East African Citril (hypostictus), Southern Citril (hypostictus), Tanzanian Citril (hypostictus)

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
11 cm

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

Range (Guide)

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

African Citril (Crithagra citrinelloides) [XC821282]
by Andrew Spencer from Kigali, Gasabo, Kigali City, Rwanda (subsong)

African Citril (Crithagra citrinelloides) [XC41965]
by Peter Boesman from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (song, alarm)

Subspecies
Abyssinian Citril (Crithagra citrinelloides), Yellow-browed Citril (Crithagra frontalis) and East African Citril (Crithagra hyposticta) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) are retained as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include frontalis and hypostictus as subspecies of Abyssinian Citril (Crithagra citrinelloides).

Forms a superspecies with Black-faced Canary (Crithagra capistrata).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

citrinelloides (R�ppell, 1840) - Northern Eritrea to central and southern Ethiopia.
brittoni Traylor, 1970 - South-eastern Sudan and extreme western Kenya. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of East African Citril (Crithagra hyposticta).
frontalis Reichenow, 1904 - Highlands of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda and northern Zambia. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Yellow-browed Citril (Crithagra frontalis).
kikuyensis (Neumann, 1905) - South-western Kenya.
hypostictus (Reichenow, 1904) - South-eastern Kenya to extreme north-eastern Zambia and Malawi. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, East African Citril (Crithagra hyposticta).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Abyssinian Citril (Crithagra citrinelloides) - 10 files

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