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Black-eared seedeater

Crithagra mennelli (E. C. Chubb, 1908)

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The black-eared seedeater (Crithagra mennelli) is a species in the family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 15 g to 15.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black-eared seedeater (Crithagra mennelli)
Photo: Maans Booysen, Birding Weto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-eared seedeater

Weight
15 g – 15.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.8 – 2.9src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the black-eared seedeater live?

Not recorded

What is the black-eared seedeater?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-eared seedeater or blackeared canary (Crithagra mennelli) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.

Its native habitat is miombo woodland.

The black-eared 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 black-eared seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-eared seedeater” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-eared_seedeater&oldid=1355080146), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-eared seedeater endangered?

The black-eared seedeater is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the black-eared seedeater classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyFringillidae
  6. genusCrithagra
  7. SpeciesCrithagra mennelli (E. C. Chubb, 1908)

Synonyms Menellia mennelli, Poliospiza mennelli, Serinus mennelli

Other names and names in other languages (38)
  • BESEEnglish
  • Black-eared seed-eaterEnglish
  • SwartoorkanarieAfrikaans
  • رقاح أسود الأذنArabic
  • آكل البذور أسود الأذنArabic
  • gafarró de galtes negresCatalan
  • zvonohlík šedobílýCzech
  • Sortøret SiskenDanish
  • SchwarzwangengirlitzGerman
  • nigrorela serinoEsperanto
  • Serín orejinegroSpanish
  • mustpõsk-rohtlavintEstonian
  • دانهخوار گوشسیاهPersian
  • mustakorvahemppoFinnish
  • Serin oreillardFrench
  • Crithagre oreillardFrench
  • Serin à oreillons noirsFrench
  • crnouha žutaricaCroatian
  • feketevállú kanáricsízHungarian
  • Canarino guancenereItalian
  • Beccasemi guancenereItalian
  • ミミグロカナリアJapanese
  • juodaskruostis svilikėlisLithuanian
  • ZwartwangkanarieDutch
  • svartkinniriskNorwegian
  • afrokulczyk czarnouchyPolish
  • canário-de-mascarilhaPortuguese
  • canário-d'orelhas-pretasPortuguese
  • Чернощёкий канареечникRussian
  • Чернощекый канареечный вьюрокRussian
  • Чернощёкий канареечный вьюрокRussian
  • kanárik čiernosluchýSlovak
  • Crnouhi kanarinacSerbian
  • svartkindad siskaSwedish
  • Kara Kulaklı İsketeTurkish
  • щедрик чорнощокийUkrainian
  • 黑耳丝雀Chinese
  • 黑耳絲雀Chinese

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Relatives of the black-eared seedeater

Other species in the same genus Crithagra.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-eared seedeater?

An adult black-eared seedeater weighs 15 g – 15.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the black-eared seedeater endangered?

The black-eared seedeater is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black-eared seedeater?

The black-eared seedeater (Crithagra mennelli) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{black_eared_seedeater_2026,
  title = {Black-eared seedeater (Crithagra mennelli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-eared-seedeater},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}