Black-headed Canary

By Charlie • June 24, 2006 • No comments yet

Black-headed Canary Crithagra/Serinus alario
Tankwa Karroo, South Africa

A locally common endemic to southern Africa the striking nominate form of the Black-headed Canary is found in a wide variety of habitats from scrub and upland grassland, gardens, and the arid open grasslands of the Karoo where this male was photographed. Outside the breeding season the species wanders widey and can be recorded almost anywhere in the region.

black-headed canary

(With Cape Canary Serinus canicollis)

Photographs copyright Charlie Moores

• Tags: canary, finches, karoo, karroo, south-africa

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Charlie works for an airline and has birded all over the world for twenty years. He wants to be a writer, and thinks no-one would believe his life could be so charmed if he didn't take photos of as many of the birds he sees as possible. Blogging with 10,000 Birds fits his aims, needs, and insecurities perfectly. Really - do birders get much more fortunate than this?