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A photo of a Black-headed Canary (Serinus alario)
Black-headed Canary

Black-headed Canary

Serinus alario

The black-headed canary (Serinus alario) is a species of finch found in Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. It is sometimes placed in the genus Alario as Alario alario Its habitat is dry open scrub and grassland, the edges of cultivation and suburban gardens. The black-headed canary is 12–15 cm in length. The adult male has rich brown upper parts and tail, a white hind collar, and mainly white underparts. The head and central breast are solidly black. The adult female is similar, but has a dull grey head, and is dark-streaked on the head and upper parts. It has a rich brown wing bar. The juvenile resembles the female, but is paler and has streaking on the breast and a weaker wing bar. The Damara canary (Serinus leucolaema) is often considered to be a subspecies of the black-headed canary. The male of that form has a strikingly different head pattern, with a white supercilium, and a white throat and foreneck with a black moustachial stripe. The black of the central breast is therefore separate from the black of the head.
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A photo of a Black-headed Canary photographed in  South Africa
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Donatella du Plessis
Saturday 06 May 2023 - 6:06am
South Africa
A photo of a Black-headed Canary photographed in  South Africa
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Donatella du Plessis
Saturday 06 May 2023 - 6:04am
South Africa
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Ariadna .Sánchez
Friday 31 Mar 2023 - 9:00am
South Africa
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Shannon Watt
Saturday 26 Nov 2022 - 12:42pm
South Africa
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