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Black-headed or Damara Canary
Serinus [alario or leucolaemus] (= Serinus alario) (Linnaeus, C 1758)
The black-headed canary is a species of finch found in Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. It is sometimes placed in the genus Alario as Alario alario Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Fringillidae
Genus:
Serinus
Scientific:
Serinus alario
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Fringillidae
Genus:
Serinus
Scientific:
Serinus alario
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.179
Protonym:
Emberiza alario
Type locality:
Cape of Good Hope.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/198/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
CA9E354B01084F34
Avibase ID:
avibase-CA9E354B
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CA9E354B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562933
Geographic range:
- Serinus leucolaemus: Namibia and northwestern South Africa
- Serinus alario: South Africa and Lesotho
Source: Clements checklist
Black-headed or Damara Canary
French:
Serin alario ou S. de Namibie
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-headed or Damara Canary ( Serinus [alario or leucolaemus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-headed or Damara Canary ( Serinus [alario or leucolaemus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-headed or Damara Canary ( Serinus [alario or leucolaemus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-headed or Damara Canary ( Serinus [alario or leucolaemus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-headed or Damara Canary ( Serinus [alario or leucolaemus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-headed or Damara Canary ( Serinus [alario or leucolaemus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-headed or Damara Canary ( Serinus [alario or leucolaemus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-headed or Damara Canary ( Serinus [alario or leucolaemus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-headed or Damara Canary ( Serinus [alario or leucolaemus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-headed or Damara Canary ( Serinus [alario or leucolaemus]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Serin alario ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Black-headed Canary ( Alario alario) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Black-headed Canary ( Alario alario) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Black-headed Canary ( Crithagra alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Serinus alario [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Serinus alario [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Serinus alario [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Black-headed Canary ( Serinus alario) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Serinus alario [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Swartkop/Bontkopkanarie, Swartkopkanarie
Bulgarian: Черноглаво канарче
Catalan: gafarró alario
Czech: Zvonohlík alario
Danish: Alariosisken
German: Alario, Alariogirlitz, Alariogirliz
English: Black headed Canary, Blackhead Canary, Blackheaded Canary, Black-headed Canary, Black-headed or Damara Canary, Damara Canary, Mountain Canary
English, HBW: Black-headed Canary
English (IOC): Black-headed Canary
English (United States): Black-headed Canary
Esperanto: Alaria kanario
Spanish: Alario, Canario de Cabeza Negra, Serín Alario
Spanish (Spain): Serín alario
Estonian: ruskevint
Finnish: Mustahuppuhemppo
French: Alario, Alario Serin à tête noire, Serin alario, Serin alario ou S. de Namibie, Serin de Namibie
Croatian: riđoleđa žutarica
Hungarian: feketefejű kanári
Italian: Alario, Canarino testanera
Japanese (romaji): kurichahiwa
Japanese: クリチャヒワ
Scientific: Alario alario, Crithagra alario, Emberiza Alario, Serinus [alario or leucolaemus], Serinus alario, Serinus alario alario
Lithuanian: Juodagalvis svilikėlis
Dutch: Alariokanarie, Alario-kanarie
Norwegian: Alariosisik, Svarthodeirisk
Polish: afrokulczyk rdzawogrzbiety, kulczyk rdzawogrzbiety
Portuguese: canário-alario, Canário-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Portugal): canário-alário
Russian: Аларио, Канареечный вьюрок-аларио, Трёхцветный вьюрок
Slovak: kanárik alario
Swedish: Alariofink, karroosiska
Turkish: Alaca iskete, Alaca İskete
Ukrainian: Аларіо
Chinese: *黑头丝雀, 黑头丝雀
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頭絲雀
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