Ankober Serin

Crithagra ankoberensis

A small seedeater of the Ethiopian highlands. The back and tail are brown and the head and underparts are heavily streaked. Note the faint narrow pale eyebrow stripe and the white spot below the eye. Found very locally in steep and rocky montane areas with grassland or heath, usually in small groups. Similar to Streaky Seedeater, but much smaller, slimmer, and smaller-billed, with a less strongly marked head. The calls are quiet twitters and rattles. 

Taxonomy

Scientific name
Crithagra ankoberensis
Authority
(Ash, 1979)
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
Genus
Crithagra

Range and habitat

Migration
Resident species

Conservation

Population trend
declining

Photos

Distribution

Bird Calls

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