Black-eared seedeater
species of bird
The black-eared seedeater or blackeared canary (Crithagra mennelli) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
Its native habitat is miombo woodland.
The black-eared seedeater was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the black-eared seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
References
External links
"Blackeared Canary" (PDF). The Atlas of Southern African Birds. p. 674.
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