Crithagra buchanani
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In 3 days <5% in a week ~10%
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 |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Grosbeak-Canary sighting in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, based on 29 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 389th most-seen of the 519 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, and over a week to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April and June
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Southern Grosbeak-Canary in Ngorongoro Conservation Area on a given day, against under 5% in May and July–March, the lowest months.
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.
2nd of 3
Of the 3 parks where we can rate Southern Grosbeak-Canary sightings, Ngorongoro Conservation Area ranks 2nd at under 5%. The best odds are in Mkomazi National Park (Tanzania, about 20%).
Same genus: Crithagra
The closest relatives of the Southern Grosbeak-Canary that you can see in Ngorongoro Conservation Area (genus Crithagra, African Seedeaters, Serins, Canaries, and Citrils) are Streaky Seedeater (about 30%), White-bellied Canary (about 20%) and Southern Citril (about 20%), 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 Ngorongoro Conservation Area (29 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.
