Thick-billed Seedeater

Crithagra burtoni

(Gray, GR, 1862)

Family: Fringillidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia

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Synonyms: Strobilophaga burtoni.

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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Description

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.

Source: Wikipedia, article Crithagra burtoni. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.