Crithagra buchanani
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
The southern grosbeak-canary, also known as Kenya grosbeak-canary (Crithagra buchanani) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Kenya and Tanzania. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
The southern grosbeak-canary was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the southern grosbeak-canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mkomazi National Park | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 2 | Ngorongoro Conservation Area | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 3 | Amboseli National Park | 🇰🇪 Kenya |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Grosbeak-Canary sighting in Amboseli National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 326th most-seen of the 362 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Grosbeak-Canary in Amboseli National Park on a given day, against under 5% in April to February, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Southern Grosbeak-Canary sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Southern Grosbeak-Canary sightings, Amboseli National Park ranks 3rd at under 5%. The best odds are in Mkomazi National Park (Tanzania, about 20%) and Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, under 5%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Grosbeak-Canary is recorded against all the birds logged in Amboseli National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
