Cape Canary

When to see the Cape Canary

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

Where to see the Cape Canary

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 2 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 Kenya, Congo - Kinshasa.

About the Cape Canary

The Cape canary is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is a resident breeder in southern Africa and has been introduced to Mauritius and Réunion. It is a residential bird but shows seasonal and altitudinal movements, sometimes forming large flocks outside the breeding season.

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Easily confused with

Atlantic CanarySerinus canariaThe Atlantic canary can range from 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) in length, with a wingspan of 21 to 23.7 cm (8.3 to 9.3 in) and a weight of 8.4 to 24.3 g (0.30 to 0.86 oz), with an average of around 15 g (0.53 oz). Red-fronted SerinSerinus pusillusThe red-fronted serin or fire-fronted serin is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. Black-headed CanarySerinus alarioThe black-headed canary is 12–15 cm in length.