One of the few species I photographed in the capital Addis Ababa, was this Brown-rumped seedeater. It is a species that is endemic to the Horn of Africa, and which was previously placed in the genus Serinus. Nowadays, however, it is most often referred to the resurrected genus Crithagra which includes a large group of African finches. The picture clearly shows the two special characteristics of the Brown-rumped seedeater: an almost monotonous brownish gray plumage with a distinct exception, the white superciliary. The species is nowadays relatively common in the vicinity of human settlements.