Lemon-breasted Canary, a special bird to see!

This special little bird is a near endemic to Southern Africa and Phinda is one of the best locations to view this bird. One of Phinda’s seven special habitat types is Lala Palm Veld and it is in the leaves of these palms, that the birds breed. Ian Mey and I were out with guests looking for this bird and we found one nesting, typically in the frond of a Palm. These birds normally breed from December to February and this female is incubating in April, we found her on the 22nd. It is possible that the good late rains and fairly mild autumn weather, has made it possible for this bird to nest, unusually at this time of the year.

Posted: Phinda by Daryl Dell, Date: 25 April 2008