Crithagra buchanani
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
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 |
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Grosbeak-Canary sighting in Mkomazi National Park on a given day, based on 40 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 272 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.
July, September and November
In those months about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Grosbeak-Canary in Mkomazi National Park on a given day, against about 20% in June, August, October and December–April, the lowest months. May has too few records to rate.
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.
Yes
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Southern Grosbeak-Canary sightings, Mkomazi National Park has the highest daily chance: about 20%. Next come Ngorongoro Conservation Area (Tanzania, under 5%) and Amboseli National Park (Kenya, under 5%).
Same genus: Crithagra
The closest relatives of the Southern Grosbeak-Canary that you can see in Mkomazi National Park (genus Crithagra, African Seedeaters, Serins, Canaries, and Citrils) are Reichenow's Seedeater (about 30%), Southern Citril (about 10%) and White-bellied Canary (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Southern Grosbeak-Canary is recorded against all the birds logged in Mkomazi National Park (40 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.
