Crithagra mozambica
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In 3 days ~70% in a week >90%
The yellow-fronted canary (Crithagra mozambica) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is sometimes known in aviculture as the green singing finch or the green singer. This bird is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Its habitat is open woodland and cultivation. It nests in trees, laying three or four eggs in a compact cup nest. It has been introduced to Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, Assumption Island, Mafia Island, Puerto Rico, and the Hawaiian Islands, where it is found on western Hawaii, southeastern Oahu and Molokai.
The yellow-fronted canary is a common, gregarious seedeater. It is 11–13 cm in length. The adult male has a green back and brown wings and tail. The underparts and rump are yellow, and the head is yellow with a grey crown and nape and a black malar stripe. The female is similar, but with a weaker head pattern and duller underparts. Juveniles are greyer than the female, especially on the head.
Its song is a warbled zee-zeree-chereeo. The yellow-fronted canary was formerly placed in the genus Serinus, but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found the genus to be polyphyletic. The genus was... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yaoundé | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | |
| 2 | Kigali | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | |
| 3 | Lusaka | 🇿🇲 Zambia | |
| 4 | Zanzibar City | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 5 | Abuja | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | |
| 6 | Durban | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 7 | Mombasa | 🇰🇪 Kenya | |
| 8 | Lilongwe | 🇲🇼 Malawi | |
| 9 | Dar es-Salaam | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | |
| 10 | Freetown | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | National Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Bloedel Conservatory | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-fronted Canary sighting in Masai Mara National Reserve on a given day, based on 1,208 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 24th most-seen of the 398 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 70%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report a Yellow-fronted Canary in Masai Mara National Reserve on a given day, against about 30% in January, March, June–July and October, the lowest months. That is one of Masai Mara National Reserve's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain against 15 mm in July.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Yellow-fronted Canary sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
7th of 36
Of the 36 parks where we can rate Yellow-fronted Canary sightings, Masai Mara National Reserve ranks 7th at about 40%. The best odds are in uMkhuze Game Reserve (South Africa, about 70%), Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park (South Africa, about 50%) and Akagera National Park (Rwanda, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Crithagra
The closest relatives of the Yellow-fronted Canary that you can see in Masai Mara National Reserve (genus Crithagra, African Seedeaters, Serins, Canaries, and Citrils) are White-bellied Canary (about 10%) and Reichenow's Seedeater (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Yellow-fronted Canary is recorded against all the birds logged in Masai Mara National Reserve (1,208 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.
