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Yellow-fronted canary

Crithagra mozambica (P. L. Statius Müller, 1776)

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The yellow-fronted canary (Crithagra mozambica) is a species in the family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 11.8 g to 12.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

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

Quick facts about the yellow-fronted canary

Weight
11.8 g – 12.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.1 – 3.2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the yellow-fronted canary live?

Not recorded

What is the yellow-fronted canary?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The yellow-fronted canary (Crithagra mozambica) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is sometimes known in aviculture as the green singing finch or the green singer.

This bird is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Its habitat is open woodland and cultivation. It nests in trees, laying three or four eggs in a compact cup nest. It has been introduced to Mauritius, Rodrigues, Réunion, Assumption Island, Mafia Island, Puerto Rico, and the Hawaiian Islands, where it is found on western Hawaii, southeastern Oahu and Molokai.

The yellow-fronted canary is a common, gregarious seedeater. It is 11–13 cm in length. The adult male has a green back and brown wings and tail. The underparts and rump are yellow, and the head is yellow with a grey crown and nape and a black malar stripe. The female is similar, but with a weaker head pattern and duller underparts. Juveniles are greyer than the female, especially on the head.

Its song is a warbled zee-zeree-chereeo.

From the Wikipedia article “Yellow-fronted canary” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yellow-fronted_canary&oldid=1380565044), 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 yellow-fronted canary endangered?

The yellow-fronted canary 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 yellow-fronted canary classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyFringillidae
  6. genusCrithagra
  7. SpeciesCrithagra mozambica (P. L. Statius Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Fringilla mozambica, Microserinus mozambica, Ochrospiza mozambica, Serinus mozambicus

Other names and names in other languages (48)
  • Green singing finchEnglish
  • Yellow-eye canaryEnglish
  • Yellow-eyed canaryEnglish
  • GeeloogsysieAfrikaans
  • GeeloogkanarieAfrikaans
  • كناري موزمبيقيArabic
  • كناري أصفر العينArabic
  • كناري أصفر الوجهArabic
  • gafarró frontgrocCatalan
  • zvonohlík žlutočelýCzech
  • zvonohlík mozambickýCzech
  • caneri aelfelynWelsh
  • Mozambique SiskenDanish
  • MosambikgirlitzGerman
  • Mosambik-GirlitzGerman
  • flavafrunta serinoEsperanto
  • Serín frentiamarilloSpanish
  • Canario cantorSpanish
  • habe-rohtlavintEstonian
  • viiksihemppoFinnish
  • Serin à front jauneFrench
  • Crithagre du MozambiqueFrench
  • Serin du MozambiqueFrench
  • Seirín uchtbhuíIrish
  • žutočela žutaricaCroatian
  • mozambiki csicsörkeHungarian
  • Canarino frontegiallaItalian
  • Canarino del MozambicoItalian
  • キマユカナリアJapanese
  • mozambikinis svilikėlisLithuanian
  • MozambiquesijsDutch
  • savanneiriskNorwegian
  • afrokulczyk mozambijskiPolish
  • canário-moçambicanoPortuguese
  • Canarinho-de-moçambiquePortuguese
  • CanárioPortuguese
  • canário-de-moçambiquePortuguese
  • Мозамбикский канареечникRussian
  • Мозамбикский канареечный вьюрокRussian
  • kanárik žltočelýSlovak
  • Mozambički kanarinacSerbian
  • savannsiskaSwedish
  • Kara Bıyıklı Sarı İsketeTurkish
  • moRaganeTswana
  • щедрик жовтолобийUkrainian
  • 石燕Chinese
  • 黃額絲雀Chinese
  • 黄额丝雀Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the yellow-fronted canary

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 yellow-fronted canary?

An adult yellow-fronted canary weighs 11.8 g – 12.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the yellow-fronted canary endangered?

The yellow-fronted canary 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 yellow-fronted canary?

The yellow-fronted canary (Crithagra mozambica) belongs to the family Fringillidae in the order Passeriformes.

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  title = {Yellow-fronted canary (Crithagra mozambica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/yellow-fronted-canary},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}