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Thick-billed seedeater

Crithagra burtoni (G. R. Gray, 1862)

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The thick-billed seedeater (Crithagra burtoni) 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.

Thick-billed seedeater (Crithagra burtoni)
Photo: Henrik Grønvold · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the thick-billed 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 thick-billed seedeater live?

Not recorded

What is the thick-billed seedeater?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The thick-billed seedeater (Crithagra burtoni) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is native to the Western High Plateau and Bioko, the Albertine rift montane forests and the East African montane forests.

The thick-billed 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 thick-billed seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.

From the Wikipedia article “Thick-billed seedeater” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thick-billed_seedeater&oldid=1379735947), 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 thick-billed seedeater endangered?

The thick-billed 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 thick-billed seedeater classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyFringillidae
  6. genusCrithagra
  7. SpeciesCrithagra burtoni (G. R. Gray, 1862)

Synonyms Serinus burtoni, Strobilophaga burtoni

Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • TBSEEnglish
  • آكل البذور سميك المنقارArabic
  • gafarró de BurtonCatalan
  • zvonohlík tmavýCzech
  • caneri gylfinbraffWelsh
  • KernebidersiskenDanish
  • DickschnabelgirlitzGerman
  • dikbeka serinoEsperanto
  • Serín de BurtonSpanish
  • suur-rohtlavintEstonian
  • دانهخوار نوککلفتPersian
  • lymyhemppoFinnish
  • Serin de BurtonFrench
  • Crithagre de BurtonFrench
  • debelokljuna žutaricaCroatian
  • vastagcsőrű csicsörkeHungarian
  • Canarino beccogrossoItalian
  • ハシブトクロカナリアJapanese
  • storasnapis svilikėlisLithuanian
  • BergkanarieDutch
  • tykknebbiriskNorwegian
  • afrokulczyk grubodziobyPolish
  • canário-de-burtonPortuguese
  • canário-cinzento-das-montanhasPortuguese
  • canário-de-bico-grossoPortuguese
  • Толстоклювый канареечникRussian
  • Толстоклювый канареечный вьюрокRussian
  • kanárik hrubozobýSlovak
  • burtonsiskaSwedish
  • stornäbbad siskaSwedish
  • Tjocknäbbad finkSwedish
  • Kocabaş İsketeTurkish
  • щедрик товстодзьобийUkrainian
  • 厚嘴丝雀Chinese
  • 厚嘴絲雀Chinese

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Relatives of the thick-billed 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 thick-billed seedeater?

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

Is the thick-billed seedeater endangered?

The thick-billed 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 thick-billed seedeater?

The thick-billed seedeater (Crithagra burtoni) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{thick_billed_seedeater_2026,
  title = {Thick-billed seedeater (Crithagra burtoni)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/thick-billed-seedeater},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}