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Yellow-crowned Canary
Serinus flavivertex (Blanford, WT 1869)
The yellow-crowned canary is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is a resident breeder in eastern Africa. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Cape canary. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Fringillidae
Genus:
Serinus
Scientific:
Serinus flavivertex
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Fringillidae
Genus:
Serinus
Scientific:
Serinus flavivertex
Original description
Citation:
(Blanford, WT 1869)
Reference:
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.
ser.4, vol.4, no.23 p.330
Protonym:
Crithagra flavivertex
Type locality:
'Tigre', Abyssinia; type from Adigrat, Tigre Province, Abyssinia, fide W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 817.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/61864#page/344/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
DCFFEEC1FAEAB2A4
Avibase ID:
avibase-DCFFEEC1
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DCFFEEC1
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 997856
Geographic range:
- Serinus flavivertex: montane forest and alpine moorland in highlands from Eritrea, Ethiopia, and South Sudan southward to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and eastward to Kenya, thence southward to southern Tanzania and Malawi, and in west-central Angola; downslope wandering in non-breeding season
- Serinus flavivertex flavivertex: Eritrea to northern Tanzania
- Serinus flavivertex sassii: southwestern Uganda; southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to southwestern Tanzania, northeastern Zambia, and northern Malawi
- Serinus flavivertex huillensis: highlands of central Angola (northern Huambo, Huila, and Bie)
Source: Clements checklist
Yellow-crowned Canary
Bulgarian:
Жълтоглаво канарче
Catalan:
gafarró de coroneta groga
Czech:
zvonohlík žlutokorunkatý
Danish:
Gulkronet Sisken
German:
Gelbstirngirlitz
Esperanto:
flavkrona serino
Spanish:
Serín Coronigualdo
Spanish (Spain):
Serín Coronigualdo
Estonian:
päikese-koldvint
Basque:
Txirriskila kaskahoria
Finnish:
afrikankeltahemppo
French:
Serin à calotte jaune
Croatian:
žutokapa žutarica
Hungarian:
sárgakoronás kanári
Italian:
Canarino capogiallo
Japanese (romaji):
kikuitadakikanaria
Japanese:
キクイタダキカナリア
Dutch:
Geelkruinkanarie
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Gulkroneirisk
Norwegian:
Gulkroneirisk
Polish:
kulczyk złotawy
Portuguese:
Canário-de-coroa-amarela
Portuguese (Portugal):
canário-de-coroa-amarela
Russian:
Желтошапочный вьюрок
Slovak:
kanárik žltohlavý
Serbian:
Žutokruni kanarinac
Swedish:
gulkronad siska
Turkish:
Sarı Başlı İskete
Ukrainian:
Щедрик цитриновий
Chinese:
黄顶丝雀
Chinese (Traditional):
黃冠絲雀
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Serin à calotte jaune ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Serin à calotte jaune ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Yellow-crowned Canary ( Serinus flavivertex) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Serinus flavivertex [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Serinus [canicollis or flavivertex]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Жълтоглаво канарче
Catalan: gafarró de coroneta groga
Czech: zvonohlík žlutokorunkatý
Danish: Gulkronet Sisken
German: Gelbscheitelgirlitz, Gelbstirngirlitz
English: Kenya Canary, Yellow-crowned Canary
English (Avilist): Yellow-crowned Canary
English, HBW: Yellow-crowned Canary
English (IOC): Yellow-crowned Canary
English (Kenya): Yellow-crowned Canary
English (United States): Yellow-crowned Canary
Esperanto: Flavkrona kanario, flavkrona serino
Spanish: Serín Coronigualdo
Spanish (Spain): Serín Coronigualdo
Spanish (HBW): Yellow-crowned Canary
Estonian: päikese-koldvint
Basque: Txirriskila kaskahoria
Finnish: afrikankeltahemppo
French: Serin à calotte jaune
French (Guyane): Serin à calotte jaune
Croatian: žutokapa žutarica
Hungarian: sárgakoronás kanári
Italian: Canarino capogiallo
Japanese (romaji): kikuitadakikanaria
Japanese: キクイタダキカナリア
Scientific: Crithagra flavivertex, Serinus canicollis flavivertex, Serinus flavivertex, Serinus flavivertex flavivertex
Dutch: Geelkruinkanarie
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gulkroneirisk
Norwegian: Gulkroneirisk
Polish: kulczyk zlotawy, kulczyk złotawy
Portuguese: Canário-de-coroa-amarela
Portuguese (Angola): Canário-amarelo-das-montanhas
Portuguese (Portugal): canário-de-coroa-amarela
Russian: Желтошапочный вьюрок
Slovak: kanárik žltohlavý
Serbian: Žutokruni kanarinac
Swedish: Gulkronad siska
Turkish: Sarı başlı iskete, Sarı Başlı İskete
Ukrainian: Щедрик цитриновий
Chinese: 黄顶丝雀
Chinese (Traditional): 黃冠絲雀
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