African Citril

What the African Citril sounds like

Recorded by paulo kivuyo · Call · kikatiti, Meru, Arusha Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the African Citril

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the African Citril

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Rwanda.

About the African Citril

The African citril, also known as the Abyssinian citril, is a species of finch. It is found from Ethiopia and Eritrea to western Kenya. It is closely related to the western and southern citril, to which it was formerly considered conspecific.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriataThe white-bellied canary is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. Cape SiskinCrithagra tottaThe Cape siskin averages 13 cm in length. Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowiReichenow's seedeater is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.