Finches (Fringillidae)
Northern Grosbeak-canary (Serinus donaldsoni) - HBW 15, p. 528
French: Serin à gros bec
German: Donaldsongirlitz
Spanish: Serín Piquigordo Norteño
Other common names: Abyssinian Grosbeak-canary
Taxonomy: Serinus donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895, Darde or Smith River, near Sheik Hussein, Ethiopia.
Forms a superspecies with S. buchanani and previously considered conspecific; S. sulphuratus may be part of same superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: EC & S Ethiopia, Somalia and N & C Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female perched on a branch.
Locality Filtu, Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 29 January 2009 15 weeks ago 4.2 -
A male perched in a tree.
Locality Filtu, Genale Valley, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 29 January 2009 15 weeks ago 3.9 -
female perched on branch
Locality Lalibela, Ethiopia
Hector Ceballos-Lascurain 20 July 2009 19 weeks ago 3.3 -
A male Northern Grosbeak-Canary feeding on some young buds.
Locality Dubluk, Ethiopia (ssp sulphuratus)
Christian Boix Hinzen 16 October 2009 3 years ago 2.5
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