Welcome Guest

Yellow-crowned Canary

Serinus flavivertex (Blanford, WT 1869)

Related taxa:
Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Rory Nefdt 2015-05-31 Nairobi National Park (near Nairobi), Nairobi, Nairobi Area (Kenya) (1600 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 247325
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Jacek Betleja 2016-02-26 Rubanda, Kabale, Western Region, Kabale (former division) (Uganda) (2300 m) song - [sono] 342704
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Stein Ø. Nilsen 2018-12-26 Igumbilo Ranch, Makete, Njombe, Mbeya Region, Iringa (pre-2012) (Tanzania) (2600 m) song -

Zoom H5 Telinga MK2

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 495478
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Oscar Campbell 2019-04-06 Yaya Africa Athletics Village , Oromia (Ethiopia) (2800 m) song -

Male singing strongly from top of tall tree in garden. High pass filter at 1500Hz applied to reduce noisy road hum.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 474289
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Andrew Spencer 2015-11-04 , Oromia (Ethiopia)   -   242740531
macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex flavivertex Lars Lachmann 2022-04-11 North Kinangop (near Ndunyu Njeru), North Kinangop, Nyandarua County, Nyandarua (Kenya) (2600 m) male, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 749274
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Stein Ø. Nilsen 2018-12-27 Igumbilo Ranch, Makete, Njombe, Mbeya Region, Iringa (pre-2012) (Tanzania) (2600 m) song -

Thanks to David Moyer for ID help!

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 490729
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex David Moyer 2026-02-07 , Central (former) (Kenya)   -   650433024
macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Andrew Spencer 2015-01-02 Harenna Forest, Oromia (Ethiopia) (2100 m) call -

calls from a single bird moving in a brushy area with lots of seeding plants, along a road through primary forest.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 268714
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Dries Van de Loock 2023-10-05 Chelinda camp area, Nyika NP, Rumphi, Northern Region, Nyika National Park - Rumphi (Malawi) (2300 m) call, song - [sono] 860416
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Dries Van de Loock 2023-10-05 Chelinda camp area, Nyika NP, Rumphi, Northern Region, Nyika National Park - Rumphi (Malawi) (2300 m) call, song -

Start mid-song

 860415
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex isaac kilusu 2021-12-12 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

different birds calling after being flushed foraging in open fields

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 692096
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Martin St-Michel 2015-02-25 Rubanda, Kabale, Western Region, Kabale (former division) (Uganda) (2400 m) male, song -

Habitat: garden, fields.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 235899
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Bram Piot 2025-07-27 Teza Tea Plantation, Muramvya, Bukeye (Burundi) (2100 m) song -

Singing/calling from top of a tree, rather distant and noise of nearby stream partially reduced

 1024808
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Peter Boesman 2015-12-09 Goba area, Oromia (Ethiopia) call - [sono] 300679
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Peter Boesman 2024-10-12 Nanyuki Road, Meru County, Meru (Kenya) (? m) song - [sono] 948467
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex GABRIEL LEITE 2023-05-04 ጉለሌ። (near Goro), North Shewa, Oromia, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) (2700 m) song - [sono] 801837
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Magnus Wadstein 2022-11-17 Met station Bandas, Mount Kenya Forest, Wilaya ya Nyeri, Nyeri (Kenya) (3100 m) song - [sono] 772805
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex GABRIEL LEITE 2023-05-04 ጉለሌ። (near Goro), North Shewa, Oromia, Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) (2700 m) song - [sono] 801839
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Peter Boesman 2015-11-29 Gefersa reservoir, Addis Ababa, Oromia (Ethiopia) call -

ID certainty 80%.

 300683
xeno-canto.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex isaac kilusu 2021-12-12 , Rift Valley (Kenya)   -   395266021
macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Peter Boesman 2024-10-12 , Eastern (former) (Kenya)   -   625730883
macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Alexis Lamek 2026-04-26 , Oromia (Ethiopia)   -   655861566
macaulaylibrary.org
Yellow-crowned Canary - Serinus flavivertex Peter Boesman 2015-12-20 Gibe gorge area, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) call - [sono] 300681
xeno-canto.org
Note: a maximum of 20 records are shown. For more recordings of this species, as well as maps, sonograms, and advanced searches, please visit xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Creative Commons License Xeno-Canto: all recordings are copyrighted by their recordists and appear here under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.

Macaulay Library recordings appear here under the Macaulay Library Terms of Use.

Avibase has been visited 504,089,766 times since 24 June 2003. © Denis Lepage | Privacy policy