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[[Image:IMG 48531.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''striatipectus''<br />Photo by {{user|Bassel|Bassel}}<br />Gamella, west [[Ethiopia]], April 2012]]
 
[[Image:IMG 48531.JPG|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''striatipectus''<br />Photo by {{user|Bassel|Bassel}}<br />Gamella, west [[Ethiopia]], April 2012]]
 
;[[:Category:Serinus|Serinus]] reichardi
 
;[[:Category:Serinus|Serinus]] reichardi
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''Serinus reichardi''<br />
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'''Includes Abyssinian Canary'''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[South Sudan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Malawi]]
 
'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[South Sudan]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]] and [[Malawi]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Placed in genus [[:Category:Crithagra|Crithagra]] by Gill and Donsker.
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Placed in genus ''[[:Category:Serinus|Serinus]]'' by Clements.
 
====Subspecies====
 
====Subspecies====
 
There are two subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
 
There are two subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
*''S. r. striatipectus'':
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*''C. r. striatipectus'':
:*Mountains of southern [[Sudan]] to southern [[Ethiopia]] and central highlands of [[Kenya]]
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:*Mountains of southern [[Sudan]] to southern [[Ethiopia]] and central highlands of [[Kenya]] - split as '''Abyssinian Canary''' by Dickinson
*''S. r. reichardi'':
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*''C. r. reichardi'':
 
:*South-eastern [[Zaire]] to [[Zambia]], [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]] and northern [[Mozambique]]
 
:*South-eastern [[Zaire]] to [[Zambia]], [[Tanzania]], [[Malawi]] and northern [[Mozambique]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==References==
 
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thOct12}}#Avibase
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug15}}#Avibase
 
{{ref}}
 
{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Serinus+reichardi}}
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{{GSearch|Seedeater+reichardi}}
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Serinus]]  [[Category:Crithagra]]
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[[Category:Birds]]  [[Category:Crithagra]]

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Subspecies striatipectus
Photo by Bassel
Gamella, west Ethiopia, April 2012
Serinus reichardi

Serinus reichardi
Includes Abyssinian Canary

Identification

Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique and Malawi

Taxonomy

Placed in genus Serinus by Clements.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies[1]:

  • C. r. striatipectus:
  • Mountains of southern Sudan to southern Ethiopia and central highlands of Kenya - split as Abyssinian Canary by Dickinson
  • C. r. reichardi:

Habitat

Dry savanna. Miombo woodland and areas of granite inselbergs.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase

Recommended Citation

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