Yellow Canary

Crithagra flaviventris

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
Genus
Crithagra
eBird Code
yelcan1

Vocalizations

Shaun Swanepoel · CC_BY_4_0
Shaun Swanepoel · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (4)

  • Crithagra flaviventris damarensis

    Angola, Namibia, Botswana, and northern Cape Province

  • Crithagra flaviventris flaviventris

    western, central, and southern Cape Province to far southern Namibia

  • Crithagra flaviventris guillarmodi

    highlands of Lesotho

  • Crithagra flaviventris marshalli

    southeastern Botswana, northern and central South Africa (Northern Cape to Limpopo, Free State and northern Eastern Cape), and Lesotho

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.