Thick-billed Seedeater
Photo: Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-SA 2.0

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Thick-billed Seedeater

Crithagra burtoni

LCLeast Concern
Family
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies (Fringillidae)
Order
Passeriformes

Overview

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.

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Last updated September 29, 2026.