page_title: Yellow canary
section_title: Distribution and habitat
hierarchical_section_title: Yellow canary / Distribution and habitat
caption_attribution_description: English: Male Yellow Canary (Serinus flaviventris) at Mokala National Park, South Africa.
context_page_description: The yellow canary is a small passerine bird in the 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.
context_section_description: Its habitat is karoo and coastal or mountain valley scrub. It builds a compact cup nest in a scrub.
  The yellow canary is a common and gregarious seedeater. Its call is chissick or cheree, and the song is a warbled zee-zeree-chereeo.
caption: Male in Mokala National Park
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