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The lemon-breasted canary (''Crithagra citrinipectus''), also known as the lemon-breasted seedeater, is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rural gardens. ==Taxonomy and systematics== The lemon-breasted canary was identified as species in 1960 by Clancey and Lawson near Panda, Inhambane, Sul do Save, southern Mozambique. Research involving mitochondrial DNA analysis suggests that this species along with S. leucopygia, S. mozambicus, and S. dorsostriatus belong in a separate genus, Ochrospiza, as they have been revealed to be only distantly related to other African members of the present genus, Serinus. However, before a revision can be made, a detailed inspection of all the taxa in the current genus is necessary. Some consider this species to be a hybrid between S. atrogularis and S. mozambicus.〔"Lemon-breasted Canary (Serinus Citrinipectus)." Handbook of the Birds of the World: Alive. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. The lemon-breasted canary 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 lemon-breasted canary were moved to the resurrected genus ''Crithagra''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lemon-breasted canary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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