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The streaky-headed seedeater or streaky-headed canary (''Crithagra gularis'') is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is a common resident breeder in suitable habitats in much of Africa south of the Sahara. ==Taxonomy== The streaky-headed seedeater 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 streaky-headed seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus ''Crithagra''. There are five recognized subspecies,〔 differing mainly in the colour shade of the upperparts and underparts. ''C. g. humilis'' of the southwestern Cape has almost unstreaked upperparts. * ''C. g. benguellensis'' - (Reichenow, 1904) * ''C. g. endemion'' - (Clancey, 1952) * ''C. g. gularis'' - (Smith, A, 1836) * ''C. g. humilis'' - (Bonaparte, 1850) * ''C. g. mendosa'' - (Clancey, 1966) Some authorities consider the West African seedeater (''Crithagra canicapilla'') as a subspecies of the streaky-headed seedeater. 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「Streaky-headed seedeater」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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