---
title: "Yellow Canary"
description: "Crithagra flaviventris — Uccelli. The yellow canary (Crithagra flaviventris) is a small passerine bird in the true finch family."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/yellow-canary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow Canary

> Crithagra flaviventris — Uccelli. The yellow canary  (Crithagra flaviventris) is a small passerine bird in the true finch family.

- Scientific name: *Crithagra flaviventris*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2102
- Wikidata: [Q27075837](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27075837)
- iNaturalist taxon: [527609](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/527609)

## Names

- en: Yellow Canary
- de: Gelbbauchgirlitz
- es: Serín Amarillo
- fr: Serin de Sainte-Hélène
- pt: Canário-de-barriga-amarela
- pl: Afrokulczyk żółtobrzuchy

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (1810), NA (129), BW (48), SH (19), LS (18)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_canary

## Photo

![Yellow Canary](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-canary/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ludwig Muller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45260010

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/yellow-canary?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).