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the web of life in southern Africa

Family: Fringillidae (canaries and buntings)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Deuterostomia > Chordata > Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates)  > Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class: Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial vertebrates) > Tetrapoda (four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota > Reptilia (reptiles) > Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria > Dinosauria (dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) > Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves (birds) > Order: Passeriformes

Species indigenous to southern Africa

Crithagra albogularis (White-throated canary)

Crithagra atrogularis (Black-throated canary) 

Crithagra citrinipectus (Lemon-breasted canary)

Crithagra flaviventris (Yellow canary) 

Crithagra gularis (Streaky-headed seedeater, Streaky-headed canary) 

Crithagra leucopterus (Protea seedeater, Protea canary) 

Crithagra mennelli (Black-eared seedeater, Black-eared canary) 

Crithagra mozambicus (Yellow-fronted canary, Yellow-eyed canary) 

Crithagra scotops (Forest canary)

Crithagra sulphuratus (Brimstone canary, Bully canary) 

Crithagra symonsi (Drakensberg siskin) 

Crithagra totta (Cape siskin) 

Emberiza cabanisi (Cabanis's bunting)

Emberiza capensis (Cape bunting) 

Emberiza flaviventris (Golden-breasted bunting) 

Emberiza impetuani (Lark-like bunting) 

Emberiza tahapisi (Cinnamon-breasted bunting, Rock bunting) 

Fringilla coelebs (Common chaffinch, Chaffinch) 

Serinus alario (Black-headed canary) 

Serinus canicollis (Cape canary)