Crithagra atrogularis
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
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 Waterberg Plateau Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 67th most-seen of the 118 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
March
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-throated Canary in Waterberg Plateau Park on a given day, against about 10% in May, July and September–January, the lowest months. That is one of Waterberg Plateau Park's wettest months, with about 65 mm of rain against almost none in May. April and June have too few records to rate.
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.
2nd of 10
Of the 10 parks where we can rate Black-throated Canary sightings, Waterberg Plateau Park ranks 2nd at about 10%. The best odds are in Etosha National Park (Namibia, about 30%).
Same order: Passeriformes
The closest relatives of the Black-throated Canary that you can see in Waterberg Plateau Park (order Passeriformes, Perching Birds) are African Red-eyed Bulbul (about 80%), Green-backed Camaroptera (about 70%) and Pale-winged Starling (about 70%), 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 Waterberg Plateau Park (20 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.
