Forest Canary

Crithagra scotops

The forest canary (Crithagra scotops) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in South Africa and Eswatini. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. The forest 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 forest canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
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Photos

Sightings

A map showing the sighting location
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Aart Verrips
Tuesday 21 Mar 2023 - 7:02am
South Africa
A photo of a Forest Canary photographed in Piesangkop South Africa
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Vince Ward
Saturday 21 Jan 2023 - 8:00am
South Africa
A photo of a Forest Canary photographed in Sarah Baartman Memorial South Africa
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Nix Asherson
Monday 02 Jan 2023 - 5:10am
South Africa
A map showing the sighting location
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Harriet Baber
Thursday 01 Dec 2022 - 7:04pm
South Africa
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