Bird watching in Africa - White-bellied Canary, Crithagra dorsostriatus

Length: 13 cm
Wingspan:
Weight: 12 - 18 g
Longevity:
Distinctive Feature •
Similar Species • The Yellow-crowned Canary is similar, but has a less-marked head and black-and-yellow (rather than greenish) wings. The Brimstone Canary has a larger bill and yellow belly. From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Female / Male • From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

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

The white-bellied canary was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the white-bellied canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.

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Length: 13 cm

Wingspan:

Weight: 12 - 18 g

Longevity:

Distinctive Feature

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Similar Species

• The Yellow-crowned Canary is similar, but has a less-marked head and black-and-yellow (rather than greenish) wings. The Brimstone Canary has a larger bill and yellow belly.

From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

Female / Male

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From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

Listen to the White-bellied Canary

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Calls from a single bird flushing out of a large bush in somewhat open thornscrub.

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Songs from a bird perched high up in a large bush in somewhat open thornscrub.

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.

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