Melka Ghebdu, Ethiopia
January 2016

The Yellow-throated Seedeater is endemic to a few places near the foot of the eastern escarpment of the Great Rift Valley in central Ethiopia. See the distribution map at Birdlife International. It is classified as Endangered because of its scarcity and its very limited range. Indeed it was only rediscovered in 1989 and is still seen only rarely.

It seems to inhabit bush and scrubland on rocky slopes.