Streaky-headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis) | Photos and ID

LCLeast ConcernOmnivore

ShrublandCup nestSmall · 16 g

Streaky-headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis), photo 2 — Photo: (c) Henry de Lange, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streaky-headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis), photo 3 — Photo: (c) Matthew Fainman, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streaky-headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis), photo 4 — Photo: (c) Burgert Jordaan, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streaky-headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis), photo 5 — Photo: (c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streaky-headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis), photo 6 — Photo: (c) Christiaan Viljoen, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Streaky-headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis), photo 7 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Streaky-headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis), photo 8 — Photo: no rights reserved · CC0

Streaky-headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis), photo 9 — Photo: (c) Henry de Lange, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

The streaky-headed seedeater is 13–14 cm in length. The adult has brown upperparts with some faint streaking and a plain brown rump. The head has a finely white-streaked crown, dark face, and white supercilium and chin. The underparts are warm buff. The sexes are similar, but some females show a little breast streaking. The juvenile has less head streaking, a dull supercilium, more heavily streaked upperparts, and heavy streaking on the pale grey underparts.

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When to see the Streaky-headed Seedeater

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 Streaky-headed Seedeater

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 11 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.

South Africa Zimbabwe Eswatini Lesotho Botswana Mozambique Zambia Malawi Kenya Angola Nigeria

Recorded as a rare visitor in Uganda.

About the Streaky-headed Seedeater

The streaky-headed seedeater or streaky-headed canary is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is an unobtrusive but widespread species in suitable habitats of southern Africa. Its presence in an area is revealed foremost by its callnotes.

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Easily confused with

Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularisThe black-throated canary, also known as the black-throated seedeater, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.

Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventrisThe yellow canary is typically 10 cm in length.

Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurataThe brimstone canary is 15–16 cm in length with a heavy bill, which is short, conical and very stout at the base.

Side by side: Streaky-headed Seedeater vs Yellow Canary · Brimstone Canary vs Streaky-headed Seedeater

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