Yellow canary | |
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In Northern Cape, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Fringillidae |
Subfamily: | Carduelinae |
Genus: | Crithagra |
Species: | C. flaviventris
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Binomial name | |
Crithagra flaviventris (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Synonyms | |
Serinus flaviventris |
The yellow canary (Crithagra flaviventris) is a small passerine bird in the true finch family. It is a resident breeder in much of the western and central regions of southern Africa and has been introduced to Ascension and St Helena islands.