Thick-billed Seedeater
The thick-billed seedeater (Crithagra burtoni) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is native to the Western High Plateau and Bioko, the Albertine rift montane forests and the East African montane forests. The thick-billed 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 thick-billed seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Kanyashogi, Uganda
+132 birds+29 mammals
Steep valleys plunge through a tapestry of montane forest where mist clings to ancient trees and the undergrowth thrums with […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMgahinga Gorilla National Park
Cyanika, Uganda
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where the Virunga volcanic chain rises in southwestern Uganda, montane forest cloaks three dormant peaks in an emerald embrace. The […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount Elgon National Park
Matumbei ward, Kenya
+142 birds+20 mammals
Where ancient volcanic slopes rise across the Kenya-Uganda border, Mount Elgon commands the landscape as one of East Africa’s most […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMount-Kenya National Park
Abothuguchi west ward, Kenya
+132 birds+30 mammals
Where volcanic peaks pierce the equatorial sky and glaciers crown Africa’s second-highest mountain, an extraordinary ecosystem unfolds across five distinct […]
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