Damara Canary (Serinus leucolaema)

Other Names (World)
Damara Canary, Damara Blackhead Canary, Namibia Canary

Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1903)

Range (Guide)

Namibia, South Africa.

Southern Namibia and north-western and west-central South Africa (Northern Cape east to western Free State).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Song is a fast, jumbled canary twitter. A 'sooeee' uttered in contact.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Black-headed Canary (Serinus alario) and Damara Canary (Serinus leucolaema) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Serinus alario following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-headed Canary (Serinus alario).

References
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