Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis)

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
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Voice
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Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis) [XC428884]
by Lynette Rudman from Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)

Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis) [XC195729]
by Lynette Rudman from Boulder's Beach, Simon's Town, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
Serinus canicollis (Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993), Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)) has been split into Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis) and Yellow-crowned Canary (Serinus flavivertex), following Ryan et al. (2004), owing to significant morphological differences between males of the two taxa.

May form a superspecies with Yellow-crowned Canary (Serinus flavivertex), and previously considered conspecific.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

griseitergum Clancey, 1967 - Eastern Zimbabwe and adjacent Mozambique.
thompsonae Roberts, 1924 - Northern and eastern South Africa south, including western Swaziland, to eastern Free State and southern KwaZulu-Natal, and Lesotho.
canicollis (Swainson, 1838) - Southern South Africa from western Cape east to western Free State and north-eastern eastern Cape.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Cape Canary (Serinus canicollis) - 10 files

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