Lemon-breasted Canary

How to identify

Field marks

1. Male has a yellow breast
2. Male has yellowish-white patches on the cheeks and 2 yellowish-white spots above the bill
3. Both sexes have a conspicuously yellow rump
4. Bicolored bill, dark above and pale below

Male, female and young

Only the male has a yellow breast; the female is mainly creamy white and brown, with indistinct head markings.

Voice

In the breeding season, the male gives a short, rapid, rather tuneless song of rising and falling twitters.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: November · Most records: South Africa, Mozambique, China

Lemon-breasted Canary has been recorded at 25 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 4 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Bonamanzi GRSouth Africa136 records
2. Phinda GR – AirfieldSouth Africa106 records
3. Mpempe PanSouth Africa101 records

Countries and regions with the most records

South AfricaMozambiqueChinaMalawi

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The lemon-breasted canary (Crithagra citrinipectus), also known as the lemon-breasted seedeater, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savannah, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and rural gardens.

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