How big is a Yellow-rumped Seedeater?

The Yellow-rumped Seedeater is a small sized bird weighing about 15 g.

Where can you see a Yellow-rumped Seedeater?

The Yellow-rumped Seedeater occurs in 5 countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea and Djibouti.

What birds look similar to a Yellow-rumped Seedeater?

The Yellow-rumped Seedeater is most easily confused with the Northern Grosbeak-Canary, the Yellow-browed Seedeater and the West African Seedeater.

Is the Yellow-rumped Seedeater endangered?

The Yellow-rumped Seedeater is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Yellow-rumped Seedeater

Crithagra xanthopygia

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies · Passeriformes · Legendary

The Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia) is a legendary finches, euphonias, and alli found in 5 countries, weighing about 15 g. The yellow-rumped seedeater, yellow-rumped serin or Abyssinian yellow-rumped seedeater is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.

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Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia), photo 1 — Photo: Mikael Bauer · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia), photo 2 — Photo: van Heuglin · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia), photo 3 — Photo: van Heuglin · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia), photo 4 — Photo: Heuglin Th. von · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia), photo 5 — Photo: Heuglin Th. von · http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Mikael Bauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Yellow-rumped Seedeater

The yellow-rumped seedeater, yellow-rumped serin or Abyssinian yellow-rumped seedeater is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is native to the Ethiopian Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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Where it lives

Ethiopia Kenya Eritrea Djibouti

Recorded as a rare visitor in Tanzania.

When to see it

Best months: January, February, March, June, August, October, November, December, with peak activity in December. It is a winter visitor species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

What does a Yellow-rumped Seedeater look like?: The yellow-rumped seedeater, yellow-rumped serin or Abyssinian yellow-rumped seedeater is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.
How big is a Yellow-rumped Seedeater?: The Yellow-rumped Seedeater is a small sized bird weighing about 15 g.
Where can you see a Yellow-rumped Seedeater?: The Yellow-rumped Seedeater occurs in 5 countries, including Ethiopia, Kenya, Eritrea and Djibouti.
What birds look similar to a Yellow-rumped Seedeater?: The Yellow-rumped Seedeater is most easily confused with the Northern Grosbeak-Canary, the Yellow-browed Seedeater and the West African Seedeater.
Is the Yellow-rumped Seedeater endangered?: The Yellow-rumped Seedeater is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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