Protea Canary
Crithagra leucopteraSharpe, RB, 1871
English (US) Protea Canary
The Protea Canary (Crithagra leucoptera) 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.
Range: montane protea and heath of southwestern Cape Province (South Africa)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Crithagra leucoptera
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Protea Canary
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1871
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1871
- Type locality
- South Africa; restricted to Paarl, southwestern Cape Province, by Vincent, 1949, Ostrich, 20, p. 150.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.4, vol.8, no.46 p.235
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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