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Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Crithagra

Forest Canary

Crithagra scotops

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (forcan1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Crithagra

Subspecies (3)

Crithagra scotops kirbyi

northeastern South Africa (Limpopo)
Crithagra scotops scotops

eastern South Africa (coastal southern KwaZulu-Natal and coastal Eastern Cape), eastern Lesotho, and northern Eswatini
Crithagra scotops umbrosa

eastern and southern South Africa (from Mpumalanga and western KwaZulu-Natal southward to southern Western Cape)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (forcan1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.