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Adult male
Photo © by Mybs
Paarlberg Mountain Reserve, Western Cape, 17 September 2004

Serinus canicollis

Includes Yellow-crowned Canary

Identification

11·5–14 cm (4½-5½ in)
Adult male

Green back with black edged wing feathers wings and tail
Yellow underparts, rump and tail sides
White lower belly
Rear head and neck are grey
Mustard yellow face

Female duller than male, but has less grey on the head, yellow restricted to forehead, back more streaked, upper breast grayer, central and lower breast paler.
Juvenile: like female but duller and more heavily streaked above and below, underparts off-white.

Similar Species

This species is easily distinguished from the Yellow-fronted Canary by its lack of black face markings. Juvenile can be confused with juv. Yellow Canary but latter has distinct pale supercilium.

Distribution

South-eastern southern Africa.

Taxonomy

Formerly considered conspecific with Yellow-crowned Canary.

Subspecies

This is a polytypic species. Three subspecies are recognised^[1]:

S. c. canicollis; south-western Cape to western Free State and southern KwaZulu-Natal

As described above.

S. c. thompsonae; Lesotho, eastern Free State and northern KwaZulu-Natal to Limpopo Province

Primary coverts and alula brownish black; mantle and shoulders pale neutral gray.

S. c. griseitergum; eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique highlands

Forehead, crown and face greener and less yellow than nominate. Mantle, back and scapulars greenish, collar bluish gray. Underparts more greenish, less yellow. Slightly smaller.

Habitat

Scrub and grasslands with trees, copses, plantations, gardens, parks, road verges, croplands, orchards, fybos, montane grasslands. Most common in highland areas, but is found in coastal bush in South Africa.

Behaviour

Occurs singly, in pairs, or in flocks of up to 500.

Diet

Forages for seeds on ground, and in scrub, weeds, and trees.

Breeding

It builds a compact cup nest, commonly in a shrub.

Vocalisation

Call: A sweet "peet, swee-eee" rising in pitch. Flight call usually a three-note "tsit-it-it"
Song: Sustained series of rich, loud, clear and fast jumbled warbles, trills and twitters, often in chorus with several males. Given from a perch or in flight display.

Movements

Resident and mostly sedentary, but some local movement and nomadism at edge of range. May undergo regular altitudinal movements.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Clement, P. (2018). Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/61294 on 26 June 2018).
Fry H, Keith S,Woodcook M & Willis I. 2004. Birds of Africa Vol VII: Sparrows to Buntings. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0713665319
Hockey, PAR, WRJ Dean, and PG Ryan, eds. 2005. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa. 7th ed. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 978-0620340533
Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
Sinclair, I., Hockey, P.A.R., and Arlott, N. (2005). The Larger Illustrated Guide to Birds of Southern Africa. Struik, Cape Town. ISBN 978-1775840992

AvianWeb

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Cape Canary. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 26 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cape_Canary

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-;Serinus canicollis
+[[Image:Cape_Canary.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Adult male<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Mybs|Mybs}}<br />Paarlberg Mountain Reserve, Western Cape,  17 September 2004]]
-[[Image:Cape_Canary.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Mybs<br />Helderberg Nature Reserve, south-western Cape]]
+;[[:Category:Serinus|Serinus]] canicollis
-==Other Names==
+'''Includes Yellow-crowned Canary'''
-Yellow Crowned Canary; Deutsch: Kap Kanarienvogel; Afrikaans: Kaapse Kanarie
+==Identification==
-==Description==
+·5–14 cm (4½-5½ in)<br />
-The Cape Canary is 11-13 cm in length. The adult male of the southern races has a green back with black edging to the wing feathers wings and tail. The underparts, rump and tail sides are yellow, and lower belly is white. The rear head and neck are grey, and the face is cinnamon. The female is similar, but with a less grey on the head. The juvenile has greenish-yellow underparts with heavy brown streaking. This species is easily distinguished from the Yellow-fronted Canary by its lack of black face markings.
+'''Adult male'''
+*Green back with black edged wing feathers wings and tail
+*Yellow underparts, rump and tail sides
+*White lower belly
+*Rear head and neck are grey
+*Mustard yellow face<br />
+'''Female''' duller than male, but has less grey on the head, yellow restricted to forehead, back more streaked, upper breast grayer, central and lower breast paler.<br />
+'''Juvenile''': like female but duller and more heavily streaked above and below, underparts off-white.
+====Similar Species====
+This species is easily distinguished from the [[Yellow-fronted Canary]] by its lack of black face markings. Juvenile can be confused with juv. [[Yellow Canary]] but latter has distinct pale [[Topography#Heads|supercilium]].
 ==Distribution==
-South-eastern southern Africa. Highlands from Eritrea to Malawi.  Highlands of western Angola.
+South-eastern southern [[Africa]].
 ==Taxonomy==
-[[Image:28523Yellow-crowned_Canary.jpg‎|thumb|512px|left|Photo by Shailesh Patel<br />Location: Lake Naivasha, Kenya.]]Six subspecies are recognised by Fry and Kieth (2004):
+Formerly considered [[Dictionary_A-C#C|conspecific]] with [[Yellow-crowned Canary]].
-''S. c. canicollis''; south-western Cape to western Free State and southern KwaZulu-Natal.
+====Subspecies====
-''S. c. thompsonae''; Lesotho, eastern Free State and northern KwaZulu-Natal to Limpopo Province.
+This is a [[Dictionary_P-S#P|polytypic]] species. Three subspecies are recognised<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
-''S. c. griseitergum''; eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique highlands.
+*''S. c. canicollis''; south-western Cape to western Free State and southern [[KwaZulu-Natal]]
-''S. c. flavivertex''; Eritrea to northern Tanzania.
+:*As described above.
-''S. c. sassi''; south-western Uganda, eastern Zaire, southern Tanzania, northern Malawi and north-eastern Zambia.
+*''S. c. thompsonae''; [[Lesotho]], eastern Free State and northern KwaZulu-Natal to Limpopo Province
-''S. c. huillensis''; highlands of western Angola.
+:*Primary coverts and alula brownish black; mantle and shoulders pale neutral gray.
-Fry ''et al'' (2004), Sinclair and Ryan (2003) and Hockey Dean & Ryan (2005) consider the three northern races a separate species (''Serinus flavivertex'', Yellow-crowned Canary). They are brighter yellow below, have no grey on the head, and have black and yellow rather than olive green and yellow wings (Photo left).
+*''S. c. griseitergum''; eastern [[Zimbabwe]] and adjacent [[Mozambique]] highlands
+:*Forehead, crown and face greener and less yellow than nominate.  Mantle, back and scapulars greenish, collar bluish gray.  Underparts more greenish, less yellow.  Slightly smaller.
 ==Habitat==
-Scrub and grasslands with trees, copses, plantations, gardens, parks, road verges, croplands, orchards, fybos, montane grasslands. Most common in highland areas, but is found in coatal bush in South Africa.
+Scrub and grasslands with trees, copses, plantations, gardens, parks, road verges, croplands, orchards, fybos, montane grasslands. Most common in highland areas, but is found in coastal bush in [[South Africa]].
 ==Behaviour==
-Occurs singly, in pairs, or in flocks of up to 500. Forages for seeds on ground, and in scrub, weeds, and trees.
+Occurs singly, in pairs, or in flocks of up to 500.
-==Reproduction==
+====Diet====
+Forages for seeds on ground, and in scrub, weeds, and trees.
+====Breeding====
 It builds a compact cup nest, commonly in a shrub.
+====Vocalisation====
+'''Call:''' A sweet "peet, swee-eee" rising in pitch.  Flight call usually a three-note "tsit-it-it" <br />
+'''Song:''' Sustained series of rich, loud, clear and fast jumbled warbles, trills and twitters, often in chorus with several males. Given from a perch or in flight display.
+====Movements====
+Resident and mostly sedentary, but some local movement and nomadism at edge of range. May undergo regular altitudinal movements.
 ==References==
-Fry H, Keith S,Woodcook M & Willis I. 2004. ''Birds of Africa Vol VII: Sparrows to Buntings''. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0713665319
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Clement, P. (2018). Cape Canary (''Serinus canicollis''). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/61294 on 26 June 2018).
+#Fry H, Keith S,Woodcook M & Willis I. 2004. ''Birds of Africa Vol VII: Sparrows to Buntings''. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0713665319
+#{{Ref-Hockeyetal05}}#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}}#{{Ref-SinclairHockyArlott05}}
+#AvianWeb
+{{ref}}
-Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ & Ryan PG (eds) 2005. ''Robert's Birds of Southern Africa'', 7th edition. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 0620340533
 ==External Links==
 {{GSearch|Serinus+canicollis}}
-[[Category:Birds]]
+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Serinus]]