Yellow-throated Seedeater
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The Yellow-Throated Seedeater (Serinus flavigula) is a species of finch
in the Fringillidae family.
It is found only in Ethiopia
.
Its natural habitat
s are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland
and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland
.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
The voice of the bird is a jumbled chirpy song and its call is canary like zeee-zsreee.
The bird seems to favor semi-desert areas with thick patches of scrub on rocky hill sides, scattered trees in savannah type areas. It also prefers highlands rather than low lands.
This bird is known as old specimens because it is believed to be dated back to the 19th century. It was originally found in a province named Shoa in eastern Ethiopia. I
Finch
The true finches are passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. They are predominantly seed-eating songbirds. Most are native to the Northern Hemisphere, but one subfamily is endemic to the Neotropics, one to the Hawaiian Islands, and one subfamily – monotypic at genus level – is found...
in the Fringillidae family.
It is found only in Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
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Its natural habitat
Habitat
* Habitat , a place where a species lives and grows*Human habitat, a place where humans live, work or play** Space habitat, a space station intended as a permanent settlement...
s are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland
Shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub or brush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity...
and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland
Grassland
Grasslands are areas where the vegetation is dominated by grasses and other herbaceous plants . However, sedge and rush families can also be found. Grasslands occur naturally on all continents except Antarctica...
.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
The voice of the bird is a jumbled chirpy song and its call is canary like zeee-zsreee.
The bird seems to favor semi-desert areas with thick patches of scrub on rocky hill sides, scattered trees in savannah type areas. It also prefers highlands rather than low lands.
This bird is known as old specimens because it is believed to be dated back to the 19th century. It was originally found in a province named Shoa in eastern Ethiopia. I