Yellow-fronted Canary

Crithagra mozambica (P.L.Statius Müller, 1776) — also called Green Singing Finch, Yellow-eye Canary, Yellow-eyed Canary. Occurrence records of the Yellow-fronted Canary are shared on GBIF from around 143 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all iSimangaliso Wetland Park (1 915 records), in 7 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernFringillidae

143reserves with records

14 073records around them

7provinces

LCIUCN category

Yellow-fronted Canary (Crithagra mozambica) — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 915
uMkhuze Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 783
St. Lucia SystemProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	997
Beachwood Mangrove Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	739
Burman BushProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	723
Saint Lucia ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	451
Krantzkloof Natuire ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	384
Pilanesberg Private LodgeNature reserve	NW North West	384
Bluff Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	315
Walter Sisulu National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	GP Gauteng	292
Waterloo Farm lagerstätteProtected area	EC Eastern Cape	232
Mahlathini Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	LP Limpopo	223
Krantzkloof Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	217
Paradise ValleyNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	212
Doreen clark nature reserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	181
SabieparkNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	171
Umgeni Valley Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	159
WESSA uMngeni Valley Nature Reserve & Education CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	159
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	156
Thornybush Game ReserveGame reserve	LP Limpopo	146
Howick Umngeni River ConservancyPrivate game reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	139
Nylsvley Nature ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	137
Ferncliffe Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	129
Kenneth Stainbank Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	124
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	123
Palmiet Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	119
Midmar Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	116
Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	102
Rust de Winter NatuurreservaatNature reserve	LP Limpopo	91
Rust De Winter Nature ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	91
Albert Falls Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	90
Impeleshu Forest ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	89
Marakele National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	88
Mabula Game ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	85
Karkloof Conservation CentreWildlife sanctuary	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	85
Thaba MoririNature reserve	LP Limpopo	84
Nahoon Estuary Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	82
Dassie TrailNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	81
Austin Roberts Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	78
Timbavati Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	76
Pipeline Coastal ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	73
Roosfontein Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	72
Colbyn ValleyNature reserve	GP Gauteng	68
Lapalala WildernessGame reserve	LP Limpopo	67
King William's Town Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	67
Steiltes nature reserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	65
Dikhololo Game ReserveGame reserve	NW North West	64
Manyoni Private Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	62
Cumberland Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	62
Klaserie Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	61
Mabalingwe Game ReserveProtected area	LP Limpopo	59
Golela BushNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	59
Tala Game Reserve entrance gateNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	58
Tala Game Reserve receptionNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	58
Vernon Crookes Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	54
De Onderstepoort Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	54
Mala Mala Game ReserveGame reserve	MP Mpumalanga	54
White River Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	49
False Bay ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	48
Woodbush Forest ReserveNature reserve	LP Limpopo	42

and 83 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

KwaZulu-Natal: 61 reserves
Limpopo: 32 reserves
Mpumalanga: 20 reserves
Eastern Cape: 13 reserves
Gauteng: 12 reserves
North West: 4 reserves
Free State: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Scientific name: Crithagra mozambica
GBIF taxon: 6100996
Wikidata: Q18472128

More of the Fringillidae family

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