Yellow-fronted Canary

Serinus mozambicus

Order

PASSERIFORMES

Family

Finches (Fringillidae)

Code 4

YFCA

Code 6

SERMOZ

ITIS

Breeding Location:

Meadows, grassy, Forests, Shrubs

Breeding Type:

Monogamous

Breeding Population:

Egg Color:

Blue-green with brown speckles

Number of Eggs:

Incubation Days:

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Grasses, moss, and animal hair

Migration:

Nonmigratory

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General

Yellow-fronted Canary: Small finch with green-gray upperparts and bright yellow underparts and rump. Crown and nape are gray, eyebrow and cheek are yellow, dark malar stripe. Conical bill is pale. Sexes similar, female and juvenile are more dull. Female has a necklace of small black dots around neck.

Range and Habitat

Yellow-fronted Canary: Introduced to the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu, Molokai, and Hawaii at the end of the 1960's. Found in dry open woodlands and cultivated areas. Native to Africa south of the Sahara Desert.

Breeding and Nesting

Yellow-fronted Canary: Three to four blue-green eggs with fine brown speckling, more concentrated at larger end, are laid in a compact, open cup nest set in a tree. Incubation ranges from 12 to 14 days and is carried out by the female. Chicks fledge after 18 days.

Foraging and Feeding

Yellow-fronted Canary: Eats seeds and insects, forages in small flocks on the ground and in grass.

Readily Eats

Seeds

Vocalization

Yellow-fronted Canary: Males sing frequently though out the day. Song is pleasant, fluid, and canary-like. Call is a metallic "chip-chip".

Similar Species

Yellow-fronted Canary: Not likely to be confused with any other species.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

Crown

The crown is the top part of the birds head.

Eyebrow

Also called the supercilicum or superciliary it is the arch of feathers over each eye.

Malar stripe

Also called whisker, mustache or malar streak, it is the area below the eye and bill on the sides of the chin that stretches downwards.

Nape

Also called the hindneck or collar, it is the back of the neck where the head joins the body.

Rump

The area between the uppertail coverts and the back of the bird.

Parts of a Standing bird

Head Feathers and Markings

Parts of a Flying bird

Field Guide to Birds of North America