Black-throated canary
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{{Speciesbox
| name = Black-throated canary
| image = Canary Black-throated 2012 01 15 08 09 00 4016.jpg
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Crithagra
| species = atrogularis
| authority = (Smith, 1836)
| synonyms =Serinus atrogularis
}}
The black-throated canary (Crithagra atrogularis), also known as the black-throated seedeater, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
Distribution
It is found frequently in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Taxonomy
The black-throated canary was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic.{{cite journal | last1=Zuccon | first1=Dario | last2=Prŷs-Jones | first2=Robert | last3=Rasmussen | first3=Pamela C. | last4=Ericson | first4=Per G.P. | year=2012 | title=The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae) | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=62 | issue=2 | pages=581–596 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002 | url=http://www.nrm.se/download/18.9ff3752132fdaeccb6800010935/Zuccon%20et%20al%202012.pdf | pmid=22023825| bibcode=2012MolPE..62..581Z }} The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the black-throated canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | title=Finches, euphonias | work= World Bird List Version 5.2| url=http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/finches/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union| access-date=5 June 2015 }}{{ cite journal | last=Swainson | first=William | author-link=William Swainson | year=1827 | title=On several forms in ornithology not hitherto defined | journal=Zoological Journal | volume=3 | page=348 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339407 }}
References
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External links
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- Black-throated canary – [http://sabap2.adu.org.za/docs/sabap1/870.pdf Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds].
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Category:Birds of Southern Africa
Category:Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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