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Genus: Crithagra (38 species)


White-throated Canary (Crithagra albogularis) Range: AF: sw, s Western Cape, South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

Sexes similar.


Ankober Serin (Crithagra ankoberensis) Vulnerable Range: AF: ne Africa in montane rocks, cliffs: w Ethiopia Gemassa Gedal, Ethiopia
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Black-throated Canary (Crithagra atrogularis) Range: AF: e, s Dinokeng Game Reserve, Gauteng/Limpopo, South Africa
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Southern Grosbeak-Canary (Crithagra buchanani) Range: AF: s Kenya and n Tanzania Oldupai Gorge, Tanzania
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Thick-billed Seedeater (Crithagra burtoni kilimensis) Range: AF: c, ec Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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West African Seedeater (Crithagra canicapilla canicapilla) Range: AF: wc, c Mole National Park, Ghana
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Black-faced Canary (Crithagra capistrata) Range: AF: c


African Citril (Crithagra citrinelloides) Male Range: AF: s Sudan; w, c Ethiopia and w Kenya Kenya
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Lemon-breasted Canary (Crithagra citrinipectus) Range: AF: s Malawi to e South Africa South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

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Sao Tome Grosbeak (Crithagra concolor) Critically Endangered Range: AF: s São Tomé


Northern Grosbeak-Canary (Crithagra donaldsoni) Male Range: AF: ec Ethiopia and Somalia to c Kenya Yabello-Soda Road, Ethiopia
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Northern Grosbeak-Canary (Crithagra donaldsoni) Male Range: AF: ec Ethiopia and Somalia to c Kenya Dida Glagalu Desert, Kenya
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White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata) Male Range: AF: e Kenya
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White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata dorsostriata) Female Range: AF: e Ndutu, Tanzania
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Sexes similar, but female more streaked in front.


Yellow-throated Seedeater (Crithagra flavigula) Endangered Range: AF: ne Africa in steep montane scrub: wc Ethiopia Melka Ghebdu, Ethiopia
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Yellow Canary (Crithagra flaviventris) Range: AF: s Western Cape, South Africa
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Western Citril (Crithagra frontalis) Male Range: AF: e DR Congo to Uganda, w Tanzania and ne Zambia. Buhoma, Uganda
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Streaky-headed Seedeater (Crithagra gularis) Range: AF: sc, s South Africa
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Southern Citril (Crithagra hyposticta hyposticta) Range: AF: e, se Lake Duluti, Tanzania
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Papyrus Canary (Crithagra koliensis) Range: AF: c Uganda to e DR Congo, Burundi, nw Tanzania and w Kenya Nyamuliro, Uganda
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Protea Canary (Crithagra leucoptera) Near Threatened Range: AF: South Africa South Africa
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White-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra leucopygia riggenbachi) Range: AF: w, c, e Bansang, The Gambia
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Kipengere Seedeater (Crithagra melanochroa) Range: AF: Tanzania

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Yemen Serin (Crithagra menachensis) Range: PAL: sc Palearctic in montane open areas including settlements: sw Saudi Arabia, sw Yemen, sw Oman (sw Arabian Pen.)


Black-eared Seedeater (Crithagra mennelli) Range: AF: Tanzania to e Angola, ne Botswana, Zimbabwe and s Mozambique Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Yellow-fronted Canary (Crithagra mozambica mozambica) Male Range: AF: w, c, e, s Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Yellow-fronted Canary (Crithagra mozambica mozambica) Female Range: AF: w, c, e, s Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Reichard's Seedeater (Crithagra reichardi) Range: AF: s DR Congo to c Tanzania and n Mozambique


Reichenow's Seedeater (Crithagra reichenowi) Range: AF: Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia to s Tanzania Negele, Ethiopia
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Arabian Serin (Crithagra rothschildi) Range: PAL: sc Palearctic in montane rocky scrub: wc, sw Saudi Arabia and sw Yemen (w, sw Arabian Pen.) Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Principe Seedeater (Crithagra rufobrunnea) Range: AF: Príncipe and São Tomé (c Gulf of Guinea Is.)


Forest Canary (Crithagra scotops) Male Range: AF: South Africa Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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Forest Canary (Crithagra scotops) Female Range: AF: South Africa Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa
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Stripe-breasted Seedeater (Crithagra striatipectus) Range: AF: s Sudan, s Ethiopia and n Kenya


Streaky Seedeater (Crithagra striolata striolata) Range: AF: e Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
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Brimstone Canary (Crithagra sulphurata) Range: AF: e, se, s Western Cape, South Africa
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Drakensberg Siskin (Crithagra symonsi) Range: AF: South Africa South Africa
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Cape Siskin (Crithagra totta) Range: AF: South Africa Western Cape, South Africa
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Brown-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra tristriata) Range: AF: ne Africa in montane forest, gardens: Eritrea, Ethiopia and n Somalia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Yellow-browed Seedeater (Crithagra whytii) Range: AF: s Tanzania and n Malawi Nyika National Park, Malawi
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Salvadori's Seedeater (Crithagra xantholaema) Male Near Threatened Range: AF: ne Africa in montane acacia and gorges: c, sc Ethiopia Negele, Ethiopia
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Yellow-rumped Seedeater (Crithagra xanthopygia) Range: AF: ne Africa in montane grass, woods: Eritrea and nw Ethiopia Jemma Valley, Ethiopia
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