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White-bellied Canary

Crithagra dorsostriata

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsShrublandCup nestSmall · 15 g
White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), photo 1
Photo: Sri Srikumar · CC0
White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), photo 2
Photo: Sri Srikumar · CC0
White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), photo 3
Photo: Tristan Jobin · CC BY 4.0
White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), photo 4
Photo: Becky Matsubara from El Sobrante, California · CC BY 2.0
White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), photo 5
Photo: Sri Srikumar · CC0
White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), photo 6
Photo: Sri Srikumar · CC0
White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), photo 7
Photo: (c) Tim, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), photo 8
Photo: no rights reserved · CC0
White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), photo 9
Photo: (c) Brooke Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata), photo 10
Photo: (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the White-bellied Canary

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

Where to see the White-bellied Canary

Regular range

The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Kenya Tanzania Ethiopia Somalia Uganda

About the White-bellied Canary

The white-bellied canary is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

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

Easily confused with

African Citril (Crithagra citrinelloides) African CitrilCrithagra citrinelloidesThe African citril, also known as the Abyssinian citril, is a species of finch. Cape Siskin (Crithagra totta) Cape SiskinCrithagra tottaThe Cape siskin averages 13 cm in length. Reichenow's Seedeater (Crithagra reichenowi) Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowiReichenow's seedeater is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.

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