User:Br11n/Streaky seedeater

The Streaky Seedeater (Serinus striolatus) is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is said to be found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia, although it may be replaced by the Yellow-browed Seedeater (Serinus whytii), in Tanzania.

The Yellow-browed Seedeater (Serinus whytii) has been treated as a race of the Streaky Seedeater.

Description
14 - 15 cm long. This is a large, heavily streaked, brown canary with a white (not yellow) supercilium and throat. It has a heavier bill than other seedeaters that share the same teritory. One source describes it has having variable greenish edges to the primaries (see photograph on left).

The western Uganda graueri race is deeper buff-brown below.

Status and Habitat
It is common and widespread in in the highlands of East Africa and Ethiopia from 1300-4300m, where it inhabits moorland heath, forest edge, rank vegetation, gardens and cultivation.

Voice
It has a rich, often fairly slow, thrush-like song as well as a loud melodic 'si-wioouu' call.