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Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Crithagra
Scientific: Crithagra mozambica
Citation: (Statius Muller, 1776)
Reference: Natursyst.Suppl. p.163
Protonym: Fringilla mozambica
Avibase ID: 169B483CCAD8551B
Taxomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179559
Geographic range:
Crithagra mozambica mozambica : coastal Kenya and Mafia I. (Tanzania) south to Zimbabwe, Mozambique, eastern and southeastern Botswana, and northeastern South Africa (North West and Limpopo to Free State)
Crithagra mozambica punctigula : Cameroon (north to Toukte, Grand Capitaine and Koum)
Crithagra mozambica caniceps : Senegal to Cameroon (south to Benue plain)
Crithagra mozambica tando : Gabon to n Angola and sw Democratic Republic of the Congo; introduced São Tomé
Crithagra mozambica vansoni : Extreme se Angola and adj. Namibia to n Botswana, sw Zambia
Crithagra mozambica barbata : southern Chad, Central African Republic, western Sudan, western and southern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, southwestern Kenya, and central Tanzania
Crithagra mozambica samaliyae : SE Democratic Republic of the Congo to sw Tanzania and adjacent Zambia
Crithagra mozambica grotei : southeastern Sudan (east of the Nile), eastern South Sudan, and western and southwestern Ethiopia
Crithagra mozambica gommaensis : Eritrea and northwestern and central Ethiopia
Crithagra mozambica granti : eastern South Africa (Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal south to Eastern Cape), eastern Swaziland, and southern Mozambique
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Source: Clements checklist
English: Yellow-fronted Canary
Czech: zvonohlík mozambický
German: Mosambikgirlitz
Danish: Mozambiquesisken
Spanish: Serín Frentiamarillo
Finnish: viiksihemppo
French: Serin du Mozambique
Italian: Canarino frontegialla
Japanese: kimayukanaria
Japanese: キマユカナリア
Dutch: Mozambiquesijs
Norwegian: Savanneirisk
Polish: kulczyk mozambijski
Portuguese: canario-de-testa-amarela
Russian: Мозамбикский вьюрок
Slovak: kanárik žltočelý
Swedish: savannsiska
Chinese: 黄额丝雀
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 34th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (1983): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 35th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 36th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Birdlife checklist version 00: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Birdlife checklist version 01: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Birdlife checklist version 02: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Birdlife checklist version 03: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Birdlife checklist version 04: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Serin du Mozambique ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Serin du Mozambique ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 1st edition: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 3rd edition: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 4th edition: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 5th edition (as published): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 6th edition: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements, version 2015: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements, version 2016: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Clements, version 2017: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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eBird version 1.50: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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eBird version 1.52: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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eBird version 1.53: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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eBird version 1.54: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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eBird version 1.55: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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eBird version 2015: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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eBird version 2016: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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eBird version 2017: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (3/07/2017): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Crithagra mozambica )
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Morony, Bock and Farrand: Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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James Lee Peters: Serinus mozambicus
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James Lee Peters (original): Serinus mozambicus
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James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Serinus mozambicus
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Sibley and Monroe (1993): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): Yellow-fronted Canary ( Serinus mozambicus )
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Serinus mozambicus
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Crithagra mozambica
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Taxonomic status:
Species status:
full species
Other synonyms
Afrikaans: GeeloogkanarieCatalan: Gafarró de front groc, gafarró frontgrocCzech: zvonohlík mozambický, Zvonohlík žlutocelýDanish: Mozambiksisken, MozambiquesiskenGerman: Mosambikgirlitz, Mossambikgirlitz, Mozambikgirlitz, Mozambikgirliz, Mozambique GirlitzEnglish: Green Canary, Green Singing Finch, Green Sisie, Icterine Canary, Mozambique Serin, Yellow fronted Canary, Yelloweyed Canary, Yellow-eyed Canary, Yellow-fronted Canary, Yellow-fronted Seedeater, Yellow-fronted SerinEnglish (Kenya): Yellow-fronted CanarySpanish: Canario de Frente Amarillo, Canario de Mozambique, Cantor de Mozambique, Serín Frentiamarillo, Verdón CantadorSpanish (Spain): Serín FrentiamarilloSpanish (Puerto Rico): Canario CantorEstonian: habe-rohtlavintFinnish: ViiksihemppoFrench: Serin à front jaune, Serin du MozambiqueHungarian: mozambiki csicsörkeItalian: Canarino del Mozambico, Canarino frontegiallaJapanese: kibitaiseiouchou, kimayukanariaJapanese: キビタイセイオウチョウ, キマユカナリアKwangali: Kamukombo NsenseLatin: Crithagra mozambica, Crithagra mozambicus, Fringilla mozambica, Ochrospiza mozambica, Serinus mozambicusLithuanian: Mozambikinis svilikėlisDutch: Mozambique sijs, MozambiquesijsNorwegian: Mosambiksisik, Savanneirisk, SavanneririskPolish: afrokulczyk mozambijski, kulczyk mozambijskiPortuguese: Canário de Moçambique, canário-de-moçambique, canario-de-testa-amarelaPortuguese (Portugal): Canário-de-testa-amarelaRussian: Мозамбикский вьюрок, Мозамбикский канареечный вьюрокSlovak: kanárik žltocelý, kanárik žltočelýSerbian: Žutočeli kanarinacSiswant: MbalaneSotho, Southern: TšoereSwedish: Mosambiksiska , savannsiska Swahili: Chigi, Chiriku Uso-njanoTsonga: ManswikidyaniXhosa: UnyileyoChinese: 黃額絲雀, 黄额丝雀Chinese (Traditional): 黃額絲雀Zulu: umBhalane