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White-rumped seedeater
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	Crithagra
Species:	C. leucopygia
Binomial name
Crithagra leucopygia Sundevall, 1850
Synonyms
Serinus leucopygius

The white-rumped seedeater (Crithagra leucopygia) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found throughout the Sahel and the eastern part of the Sudan region. Its natural habitat is dry savanna. It is known elsewhere and in aviculture as the grey singing finch.

The white-rumped 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 white-rumped seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra Swainson 1827.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Crithagra leucopygia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22720117A94658221. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22720117A94658221.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (2): 581–596. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002. PMID 22023825.
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
4. Swainson, William (1827). "On several forms in ornithology not hitherto defined". Zoological Journal. 3: 348.

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