Crithagra atrogularis
Silhouette: Sheatherius · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Canary sighting in Etosha National Park on a given day, based on 474 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 42nd most-seen of the 260 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Canary in Etosha National Park on a given day, against about 10% in April and May, the lowest months. That is one of Etosha National Park's driest months, with almost no rain against 75 mm in January.
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 10 parks where we can rate Black-throated Canary sightings, Etosha National Park has the highest daily chance: about 30%. Next come Waterberg Plateau Park (Namibia, about 10%) and Hwange National Park (Zimbabwe, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-throated Canary is recorded against all the birds logged in Etosha National Park (474 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.
