Black-headed Canary

Serinus alario (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called BHCA, Blackheaded Canary. Occurrence records of the Black-headed Canary are shared on GBIF from around 8 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Karoo National Park (270 records), in 2 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernFringillidae

8reserves with records

453records around them

2provinces

LCIUCN category

Black-headed Canary (Serinus alario) — Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Karoo National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	270
Matjiesrivier Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	120
Akkerendam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	27
Goegap Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	22
Anysberg Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	5
Drie Kuilen Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Gamsberg Nature ReserveProtected area	NC Northern Cape	3
Jutten Island Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Western Cape: 5 reserves
Northern Cape: 3 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Scientific name: Serinus alario
GBIF taxon: 5231512
Wikidata: Q1302446

More of the Fringillidae family

Cape Canary Streaky-headed Seedeater Yellow-fronted Canary Brimstone Canary Yellow Canary Black-throated Canary White-throated Canary Forest Canary Cape Siskin Protea Canary Chaffinch

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.