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Streaky-headed seedeater

Crithagra gularis · Family Fringillidae

Crithagra gularis

Family Fringillidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Fringillidae
GBIF occurrence records
101,866
Countries and territories with records
18
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About this species

This species has 101,866 occurrence records from 18 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (94.1%) and Zimbabwe (4.2%); together they account for 98.3% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.24% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Crithagra gularis combines the genus name Crithagra with the species epithet gularis. The Warbla app catalog lists 37 species of the genus Crithagra; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Crithagra mozambica, Crithagra flaviventris and Crithagra atrogularis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 204 species of the family Fringillidae. This species ranks 37th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Spinus tristis. Its record count is 22.2% of the family average (459,113). The family Fringillidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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