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Western citril

Crithagra frontalis (Reichenow, 1904)

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The western citril (Crithagra frontalis) is a species in the family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 12.3 g to 13 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Western citril (Crithagra frontalis)
Photo: Martin Gutewort · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the western citril

Weight
12.3 g – 13 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the western citril live?

Not recorded

What is the western citril?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The western citril (Crithagra frontalis), also known as the yellow-browed citril, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in central Africa.

The western citril 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 western citril were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.

From the Wikipedia article “Western citril” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Western_citril&oldid=1380595647), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the western citril endangered?

The western citril is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the western citril classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyFringillidae
  6. genusCrithagra
  7. SpeciesCrithagra frontalis (Reichenow, 1904)

Synonyms Crithagra frontalis frontalis, Dendrospiza frontalis, Serinus citrinelloides frontalis, Serinus frontalis, Serinus frontalis frontalis, Spinus citrinelloides frontalis

Other names and names in other languages (32)
  • WECIEnglish
  • Yellow-browed citrilEnglish
  • رقاح غربيArabic
  • رقاح أصفر الجبهةArabic
  • DiademsiskenDanish
  • DiademgirlitzGerman
  • diadema serinoEsperanto
  • Serín cejigualdoSpanish
  • Serín de DiademaSpanish
  • Serín de Frente AmarillaSpanish
  • riftioru-koldvintEstonian
  • ugandansitruunahemppoFinnish
  • Serin à diadèmeFrench
  • Crithagre à diadèmeFrench
  • obrvasta žutaricaCroatian
  • Venturone occidentaleItalian
  • ニシムナフヒワJapanese
  • geltonkaktis svilikėlisLithuanian
  • GeelvoorhoofdkanarieDutch
  • plantasjeiriskNorwegian
  • afrokulczyk diademowyPolish
  • canário-de-diademaPortuguese
  • canário-de-testa-amarelaPortuguese
  • Желтолобый канареечникRussian
  • Желтолобый канареечный вьюрокRussian
  • Жёлтолобый канареечный вьюрокRussian
  • kanárik diadémovýSlovak
  • diademsiskaSwedish
  • Maskeli İsketeTurkish
  • щедрик діадемовийUkrainian
  • 西方絲雀Chinese
  • 西部丝雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the western citril

Other species in the same genus Crithagra.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the western citril?

An adult western citril weighs 12.3 g – 13 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the western citril endangered?

The western citril is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the western citril?

The western citril (Crithagra frontalis) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Western citril (Crithagra frontalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-citril

MLA

“Western citril (Crithagra frontalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-citril.

BibTeX
@misc{western_citril_2026,
  title = {Western citril (Crithagra frontalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/western-citril},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}