Species profile
Forest Canary
Crithagra scotops
Quick answer
TYPE MATERIAL: In Sundevall’s original description (1850: 98) there is no indication that more than one specimen was available. It is explicitly stated that no female was examined. Sundevall’s acquisition catalogue lists only a single specimen of this species. The holotype NRM 568668 [6140], is a study skin of an adult male collected 11 August 1841 in Pietermaritzburg. VERIFIED TYPE LOCALITY: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
- Scientific name
- Crithagra scotops
- Family
- Fringillidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Crithagra
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Forest Canary in your journal
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