Lemon-breasted Canary
Crithagra citrinipectus(Clancey, PA; Lawson, WJ, 1960)
English (US) Lemon-breasted Canary
The Lemon-breasted Canary (Crithagra citrinipectus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: southern Malawi, northwestern and southern Mozambique, southeastern Zimbabwe, and northeastern South Africa (northeastern Limpopo and northern KwaZulu-Natal)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Crithagra citrinipectus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lemon-breasted Canary
- Described by
- (Clancey, PA; Lawson, WJ, 1960)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Serinus citrinipectus
- Described by
- (Clancey, PA; Lawson, WJ, 1960)
- Type locality
- near Panda, Inhambane, Sul do Save, southern Portuguese East Africa.
- Original description
- Durban Museum Novitates 6 p.62
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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