Yellow-crowned Canary

What the Yellow-crowned Canary sounds like

Recorded by Frank shirima · Call · Arusha, Arusha Urban, Arusha Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

Recorded by Frank shirima · Call · Arusha, Arusha Urban, Arusha Region, Tanzania · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

When to see the Yellow-crowned Canary

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 Yellow-crowned Canary

The map shades 10 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 Burundi.

About the Yellow-crowned Canary

The yellow-crowned canary is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is a resident breeder in eastern Africa. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Cape canary.

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

Easily confused with

Syrian SerinSerinus syriacusThe Syrian serin is prettily coloured with bright yellow and pale grey feathers. Ethiopian SiskinSerinus nigricepsThe Ethiopian siskin or Abyssinian siskin is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. Black-headed CanarySerinus alarioThe black-headed canary is 12–15 cm in length.