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Kipengere seedeater

Crithagra melanochroa (Reichenow, 1900)

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The kipengere seedeater (Crithagra melanochroa) is a species in the family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 30.5 g to 33.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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Quick facts about the kipengere seedeater

Weight
30.5 g – 33.4 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src 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 kipengere seedeater live?

Not recorded

What is the kipengere seedeater?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Kipengere seedeater (Crithagra melanochroa), also known as the Tanzania seedeater, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found only in Tanzania specifically in Mbeya Region and Njombe Region. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-elevation shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Kipengere 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 Kipengere seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.

From the Wikipedia article “Kipengere seedeater” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kipengere_seedeater&oldid=1380595289), 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 kipengere seedeater endangered?

The kipengere 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 kipengere seedeater classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyFringillidae
  6. genusCrithagra
  7. SpeciesCrithagra melanochroa (Reichenow, 1900)

Synonyms Serinus burtoni melanochrous, Serinus melanochrous

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • KISEEnglish
  • Tanzania seedeaterEnglish
  • TASEEnglish
  • آكل البذور التنزانيArabic
  • آكل البذور كيبنجيريArabic
  • gafarró dels monts KipengereCatalan
  • zvonohlík horskýCzech
  • Tanzania SiskenDanish
  • TansaniagirlitzGerman
  • tanzania serinoEsperanto
  • Serín de los KipengereSpanish
  • kipengere rohtlavintEstonian
  • tansanianlymyhemppoFinnish
  • Serin des KipengereFrench
  • Crithagre des KipengereFrench
  • tanzanijska žutaricaCroatian
  • Beccasemi di TanzaniaItalian
  • Beccasemi dei KipengereItalian
  • Beccasemi della TanzaniaItalian
  • キペンゲレカナリアJapanese
  • KipengerekanarieDutch
  • kipengereiriskNorwegian
  • afrokulczyk sędziwyPolish
  • canário-dos-kipengerePortuguese
  • Танзанийский канареечникRussian
  • Танзанийский канареечный вьюрокRussian
  • kanárik tanzánijskýSlovak
  • kipengeresiskaSwedish
  • Kipengere İsketesiTurkish
  • щедрик високогірнийUkrainian
  • 坦桑尼亚丝雀Chinese
  • 坦尚尼亞絲雀〔基朋絲雀〕Chinese

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Relatives of the kipengere 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 kipengere seedeater?

An adult kipengere seedeater weighs 30.5 g – 33.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the kipengere seedeater endangered?

The kipengere 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 kipengere seedeater?

The kipengere seedeater (Crithagra melanochroa) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Kipengere seedeater (Crithagra melanochroa). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/kipengere-seedeater

MLA

“Kipengere seedeater (Crithagra melanochroa).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/kipengere-seedeater.

BibTeX
@misc{kipengere_seedeater_2026,
  title = {Kipengere seedeater (Crithagra melanochroa)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/kipengere-seedeater},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}