Papyrus canary

{{Short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | name = Papyrus canary | image = Papyrus Canary - Uganda MG 1468 (23040012745).jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International|year=2016 |title=''Crithagra koliensis'' |article-number=e.T22720109A94657845 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22720109A94657845.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Crithagra | species = koliensis | authority = (Grant & Mackworth-Praed, 1952) | synonyms =''Serinus koliensis'' }}

The '''papyrus canary''' ('''''Crithagra koliensis'''''), also known as '''Van Someren's canary''', is a species of passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae.

It is found in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.<ref name=iucn/> It is found primarily in papyrus stands at altitudes of between {{cvt|900|and|1600|m|-1}}, but is also found in cultivation near highland papyrus. It always builds its nests in papyrus stands, using papyrus leaves as the main material.<ref>{{Cite book | last1 = Clement | first1 = Peter | last2 = Harris | first2 = Alan | last3 = Davis | first3 = John | title = Finches and Sparrows | publisher = Princeton University Press | year = 1993 | location = Princeton, New Jersey | pages =183–184| isbn = 0-691-03424-9}}</ref>

The papyrus canary was formerly placed in the genus ''Serinus'' but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Zuccon | first1=Dario | last2=Prŷs-Jones | first2=Robert | last3=Rasmussen | first3=Pamela C. | last4=Ericson | first4=Per G.P. | year=2012 | title=The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae) | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=62 | issue=2 | pages=581–596 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002 | url=http://www.nrm.se/download/18.9ff3752132fdaeccb6800010935/Zuccon%20et%20al%202012.pdf | pmid=22023825 | archive-date=2018-09-26 | access-date=2015-06-08 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926130508/http://www.nrm.se/download/18.9ff3752132fdaeccb6800010935/Zuccon%20et%20al%202012.pdf }}</ref> The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the papyrus canary were moved to the resurrected genus ''Crithagra''.<ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | title=Finches, euphonias, longspurs, Thrush-tanager | work= IOC World Bird List |version=14.1| url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/finches/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union| access-date=26 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Swainson | first=William | author-link=William Swainson | year=1827 | title=On several forms in ornithology not hitherto defined | journal=Zoological Journal | volume=3 | page=348 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2339407 }}</ref>

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