Forest Canary
Crithagra scotops
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Genus
- Crithagra
- eBird Code
- forcan1
Subspecies (3)
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Crithagra scotops kirbyi
northeastern South Africa (Limpopo)
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Crithagra scotops scotops
eastern South Africa (coastal southern KwaZulu-Natal and coastal Eastern Cape), eastern Lesotho, and northern Eswatini
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Crithagra scotops umbrosa
eastern and southern South Africa (from Mpumalanga and western KwaZulu-Natal southward to southern Western Cape)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.