Fringilline Finches and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Fringillidae
Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and 9 primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. There are 137 species worldwide, 15 in Southern Africa.
- Common Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs introduced
- Cape Canary Serinus canicollis
- Black-headed Canary Serinus alario
- Yellow-fronted Canary Crithagra mozambicus
- Black-throated Canary Crithagra atrogularis
- Lemon-breasted Canary Crithagra citrinipectus
- Forest Canary Crithagra scotops endemic
- Yellow Canary Crithagra flaviventris
- Brimstone Canary Crithagra sulphuratus
- White-throated Canary Crithagra albogularis
- Protea Seedeater Crithagra leucopterus endemic
- Streaky-headed Seedeater Crithagra gularis
- Black-eared Seedeater Crithagra mennelli
- Cape Siskin Crithagra totta endemic
- Drakensberg Siskin Crithagra symonsi endemic
Read more about this topic: List Of Southern African Birds
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