Streaky-headed Seedeater
Crithagra gularis
Woodland. Grey-brown above; streaky crown; white eyebrow; stout blackish bill; white below.
Buntings, Canaries, Siskins
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common resident. Identified by bold white eyebrows and streaked crown. Told from [Black-eared Seedeater] by lack of a distinct mask or any breast streaking; cf. Yellow-throated Bush-Sparrow ( Petronia), which has similar bold eyebrows. Has a pleasant song, rendered in short bursts ‘wit-chee-chee-chee-cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, chip’, rising to a crescendo. When nest-building, utters a repetitive ‘tweu, tweu, tirrirrit-tirik’. Occurs singly, in pairs or in small parties in woodland, fallow farmlands and suburbia. Inconspicuous and seldom numerous.
Quick Facts
Size
16 cm - S
Names
A: Streepkopkanarie
Z: umBhalanonsundu
Ss: Tswere-Hlohokgwaba
G: Brauengirlitz
Bird Family
Sparrow-sized or smaller songbirds. Canaries and siskins have strong conical bills, usually notched tails and undulating flight. Buntings are strongly terrestrial and have weaker, narrower bills. Many species are nomadic.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Occurs singly, in pairs or in small parties in woodland, fallow farmlands and suburbia.
