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 LC    Forest Canary* Id (Atlas):
    Crithagra scotops

Description (10)
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Family
Fringillidae (Finches)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sundevall, 1850)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland, high altitude shrubland.

Range (Guide)
South Africa, Swaziland.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A soft, high-pitched 'tseeek' uttered in contact. A quiet, jumbled song is seldom heard.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

 
Forest Canary (Crithagra scotops) [XC509755]
     by Rapha\u00ebl Nussbaumer from Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (call)

 
Forest Canary (Crithagra scotops) [XC509754]
     by Frank Lambert from Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
Possibly conspecies with or forming a superspecies with Forest Canary (Crithagra scotops).

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • transvaalensis Roberts, 1940   -  North-eastern South Africa (northern and eastern Limpopo).
  • umbrosus Clancey, 1964   -  Eastern and southern South Africa from Mpumalanga and western KwaZulu-Natal south through southern eastern Cape (above 1070 m) to southern western Cape.
  • scotops (Sundevall, 1850)   -  Northern Swaziland, eastern Lesotho and lowland southern KwaZulu-Natal south to coastal eastern Cape (below 920 m).
  • kirbyi Dowsett, 2012   -  North-eastern South Africa (Limpopo).



References
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Files:
JPG files for Forest Canary (Crithagra scotops) - 10 files


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