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Yellow-fronted Canary. Crithagra mozambica

Status.

Category E

Native Range

Africa. Ten subspecies scattered across sub-saharan W Africa southwards to Angola and E Africa from Ethiopia southwards to South Africa.

Conservation Status

Least Concern

British Occurrence

NBN atlas has 120 records as at end 2024. Map Here.

A pair at Landguard Bird Observatory, Suffolk in 1990 were nest building. Another there in 1992. One was Barnstone Notts in November 2003. Birds have also been recorded in Lincs.

Where to see Yellow-fronted Canary in captivity

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Sources

https://www.lbo.org.uk/systematic-lists/systematic-list-of-escapes/

https://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/site/index.php/species-escapes/708-exotic-species-which-have-escaped-from-collections

Reece et. al. The Birds of Nottinghamshire 2019.