Crithagra gularis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
The streaky-headed seedeater or streaky-headed canary (Crithagra gularis) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is an unobtrusive but widespread species in suitable habitats of southern Africa. Its presence in an area is revealed foremost by its callnotes.
The streaky-headed seedeater 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 streaky-headed seedeater were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
There are five recognized subspecies, differing mainly in the colour shade of the upperparts and underparts. C. g. humilis of the southwestern Cape has dusky plumage and indistinctly streaked upperparts. Crithagra gularis benguellensis (Reichenow, 1904) — n Namibia, s Angola
Crithagra gularis endemion (Clancey, 1952) — Lesotho, Eswatini, e South Africa, s Mozambique Crithagra gularis gularis (Smith, A, 1836) — n South Africa, sw Botswana, s Zimbabwe Crithagra gularis humilis (Bonaparte, 1850) — s South Africa
Crithagra gularis mendosa (Clancey, 1966) — nw Botswana, Zimbabwe, c Mozambique... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Golden Gate Highlands National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | De Hoop Nature Reserve | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 3 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Streaky-headed Seedeater sighting in Harare on a given day, based on 99 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 50th most-seen of the 213 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March, May–June, September–October and December–January
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Streaky-headed Seedeater in Harare on a given day, against about 10% in February, April, July–August and November, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Streaky-headed Seedeater sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Among the best
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Streaky-headed Seedeater sightings, Harare ranks 2nd at about 20%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Durban (South Africa, about 20%).
Same genus: Crithagra
The closest relatives of the Streaky-headed Seedeater that you can see in Harare (genus Crithagra, African Seedeaters, Serins, Canaries, and Citrils) are Yellow-fronted Canary (about 10%), Brimstone Canary (about 10%) and Black-throated Canary (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Streaky-headed Seedeater is recorded against all the birds logged in Harare (99 verified sightings), 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.
