Thick-billed Seedeater
Crithagra burtoni(Gray, GR, 1862)
English (US) Thick-billed Seedeater
The Thick-billed Seedeater (Crithagra burtoni) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Crithagra burtoni
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Thick-billed Seedeater
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1862)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 4 subspecies for this species.
- Crithagra burtoni burtoni
- Crithagra burtoni tanganjicae
- Crithagra burtoni kilimensis
- Crithagra burtoni albifrons
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Strobilophaga burtoni
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1862)
- Type locality
- Cameroon Mountains, 7,000 ft., West Africa.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.3, vol.10, no.60 p.445
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Black-eared Seedeater
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