Black-throated Canary
The black-throated canary (Crithagra atrogularis), also known as the black-throated seedeater, is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. == Distribution == It is found frequently in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Lesotho, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. == Taxonomy == The black-throated 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 black-throated canary were moved to the resurrected genus Crithagra.
Nxai Pan National Park
Botswana
+83 birds+19 mammals
Where acacia woodland gives way to sweeping grasslands and stark salt pans, a landscape of raw African beauty unfolds across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKPilanesberg National Park
Moses Kotane Local Municipality, South Africa
+130 birds+30 mammals
Where ancient volcanic calderas rise above the surrounding lowveld, a 734-square-kilometre sanctuary unfolds across the North West Province of South […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMokala National Park
Siyancuma Local Municipality, South Africa
+123 birds+30 mammals
Where semi-arid savanna meets ancient granite outcrops, a 715-square-kilometre wilderness unfolds across the Northern Cape’s undulating terrain. Mokala’s landscape is […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKMountain Zebra National Park
Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, South Africa
+123 birds+30 mammals
Jagged sandstone peaks rise abruptly from the high interior plateau of the Eastern Cape, their weathered faces sculpted by millennia […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKCamdeboo National Park
Camdeboo Local Municipality, South Africa
+124 birds+30 mammals
Where granite gorges slice through semi-arid plateaus, ancient dolerite formations rise like sentinels above the Sundays River valley. Sprawling across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNamib-Naukluft National Park
Namibia
+119 birds+30 mammals
Where rust-coloured dunes rise like frozen waves against an impossibly blue sky, Africa’s oldest desert unfolds across nearly 95,000 square […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKEtosha National Park
Namibia
+62 birds+30 mammals
Brilliant white salt pans stretch endlessly beneath Namibian skies, interrupted by scattered acacia woodlands and mopane scrubland that characterize this […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKWaterberg Plateau National Park
Okambukonde, Namibia
+124 birds+31 mammals
Where ancient sandstone cliffs rise 200 metres above the surrounding bushveld, a fortress of geology creates one of southern Africa’s […]
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