Crithagra atrogularis
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In 3 days ~20% in a week ~40%
The black-throated canary (Crithagra atrogularis), also known as the black-throated seedeater, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found frequently in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The black-throated 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 black-throated canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
Black-throated canary – Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Etosha National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 2 | Waterberg Plateau Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 3 | Hwange National Park | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Pilanesberg National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Namib-Naukluft National Park | 🇳🇦 Namibia | |
| 6 | Chobe National Park | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 7 | Kafue National Park | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 8 | Moremi Game Reserve | 🇧🇼 Botswana | |
| 9 | Bwindi Impenetrable National Park | 🇺🇬 Uganda | |
| 10 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pretoria | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 3 | Harare | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | |
| 4 | Johannesburg | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Canary sighting in Pretoria on a given day, based on 45 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 77th most-seen of the 177 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 40%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–August and November–March
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Canary in Pretoria on a given day, against under 5% in April and September–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-throated 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.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate Black-throated Canary sightings, Pretoria has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Mombasa (Kenya, about 10%) and Harare (Zimbabwe, about 10%).
Same genus: Crithagra
The closest relatives of the Black-throated Canary that you can see in Pretoria (genus Crithagra, African Seedeaters, Serins, Canaries, and Citrils) are Yellow-fronted Canary (about 20%) and Streaky-headed Seedeater (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-throated Canary is recorded against all the birds logged in Pretoria (45 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.
