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Forest Canary

Crithagra scotops

The forest canary (Crithagra scotops) is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae.

It is found in South Africa and Swaziland.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

The forest canary was formerly placed in the genus Serinus but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the forest canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.

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Photo credit: Alan Manson

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