Yellow Canary (Crithagra flaviventris) [XC451936]
by Frank Lambert from Klerksdorp, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (song)
Yellow Canary (Crithagra flaviventris) [XC392446]
by Tony Archer from De Hoop Nature reserve, Western Cape, South Africa (song)
Subspecies
Sometimes considered conspecific with White-bellied Canary (Crithagra dorsostriata).
Subspecies intergrade. Proposed subspecies hesperus (described from Port Nolloth, in north-western Northern Cape Province) is considered an intergrade between nominate subspecies and marshalli, and quintoni (from Hillmore, near Beaufort West, in eastern Western Cape) is likewise a synonym of nominate; aurescens (from Kenhardt-Brandvlei road, in central Northern Cape) is synonymized with marshalli.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
damarensis (Roberts, 1922) - South-western Angola, Namibia (except extreme south), Botswana and adjacent South Africa (extreme north-eastern northern Cape).
flaviventris (Swainson, 1828) - Extreme southern Namibia and western and south-western South Africa (east to western eastern Cape).
marshalli (Shelley, 1902) - South-eastern Botswana, northern and central South Africa (Limpopo Province south to northern Cape, Free State and northern eastern Cape) and lowlands of Lesotho.
guillarmodi (Roberts, 1936) - Highlands of Lesotho.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet