The Warsangli linnet (Linaria johannis) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found only in northeastern Somalia.[2][3] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Warsangli linnet | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Linaria |
Species: | L. johannis
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Binomial name | |
Linaria johannis (Clarke, 1919)
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The Warsangli linnet was formerly placed in the genus Carduelis but was assigned to the genus Linaria based on a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2021). "Linaria johannis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22720457A177685377. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T22720457A177685377.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Smith, Thomas B. (March 2000). "Birds of Somaliland. J. S. Ash , J. E. Miskell". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 75 (1): 70–71. doi:10.1086/393321. ISSN 0033-5770.
- ^ Smith, Thomas B. (March 2000). "Birds of Somaliland. J. S. Ash , J. E. Miskell". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 75 (1): 70–71. doi:10.1086/393321. ISSN 0033-5770.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
- ^ Zuccon, Dario; Prŷs-Jones, Robert; Rasmussen, Pamela C.; Ericson, Per G.P. (2012). "The phylogenetic relationships and generic limits of finches (Fringillidae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 62 (2): 581–596. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.10.002. PMID 22023825.