Crithagra
Introduction '''''Crithagra''''' is a genus of small passerine birds in the finch family (Fringillidae). They live in Africa and Arabia.The species in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus ''Serinus'', but phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. It was therefore split into two monophyletic genera. Eight species, including the European serin (''Serinus serinus''), were retained in ''Serinus'', while the other species were assigned to the resurrected genus ''Crithagra''.
Species The genus was introduced in 1827 by the English ornithologist William John Swainson. The type species was subsequently designated as the brimstone canary. The name comes from the classical Greek ''krithē'' for "barley" and ''agra'' for "hunting".The genus contains 37 species: Image  Scientific name  Common Name  Distribution120pxPríncipe seedeater  ''Crithagra rufobrunnea'' São Tomé and Príncipe  São Tomé grosbeak  ''Crithagra concolor''São Tomé120pxAfrican citril  ''Crithagra citrinelloides'' Ethiopia, Eritrea to western Kenya.120pxWestern citril  ''Crithagra frontalis''central Africa120pxSouthern citril  ''Crithagra hyposticta''South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia and Malawi. 120pxBlack-faced canary  ''Crithagra capistrata'' Angola, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, and Zambia. 120pxPapyrus canary  ''Crithagra koliensis'' Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda120pxForest canary  ''Crithagra scotops''Cameroon, Congo, and Kenya.120pxWhite-rumped seedeater  ''Crithagra leucopygia''Sudan120pxBlack-throated canary  ''Crithagra atrogularis'' Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Yellow-rumped seedeater  ''Crithagra xanthopygia''Eritrea, Kenya and Ethiopia.120pxReichenow's seedeater  ''Crithagra reichenowi''eastern Africa120pxArabian serin  ''Crithagra rothschildi''western Saudi Arabia and Yemen Yellow-throated seedeater  ''Crithagra flavigula'' Ethiopia.120pxSalvadori's seedeater  ''Crithagra xantholaema''Ethiopia.120pxLemon-breasted canary  ''Crithagra citrinipectus''Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.120pxYellow-fronted canary  ''Crithagra mozambica'' Africa south of the Sahara Desert.120pxWhite-bellied canary  ''Crithagra dorsostriata''Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Ankober serin  ''Crithagra ankoberensis''Ethiopia120pxYemen serin  ''Crithagra menachensis'' Oman, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. 120pxCape siskin  ''Crithagra totta'' South Africa. 120pxDrakensberg siskin  ''Crithagra symonsi'' South Africa, Northern grosbeak-canary  ''Crithagra donaldsoni''Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.120pxSouthern grosbeak-canary  ''Crithagra buchanani''Kenya and Tanzania. 120pxYellow canary  ''Crithagra flaviventris''southern Africa120pxBrimstone canary  ''Crithagra sulphurata'' central and southern Africa. 120pxStripe-breasted seedeater  ''Crithagra striatipectus''Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya. Reichard's seedeater  ''Crithagra reichardi''Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania120pxStreaky-headed seedeater  ''Crithagra gularis'' southern Africa. West African seedeater  ''Crithagra canicapilla''Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast across to southern Niger and northern Cameroon120pxBlack-eared seedeater  ''Crithagra mennelli''Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. 120pxBrown-rumped seedeater  ''Crithagra tristriata''Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia.120pxWhite-throated canary  ''Crithagra albogularis''Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa. 120pxThick-billed seedeater  ''Crithagra burtoni''Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. 120pxStreaky seedeater  ''Crithagra striolata''Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Yellow-browed seedeater  ''Crithagra whytii''Malawi, Tanzania, and Zambia. Kipengere seedeater  ''Crithagra melanochroa'' Tanzania120pxProtea canary  ''Crithagra leucoptera''South Africa.}
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