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West African seedeater

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Fringillidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Passeriformes

Subfamily
  
Carduelinae

Similar
  
Yellow‑browed seedeater, Kipengere seedeater, Crithagra hyposticta, Streaky‑headed seedeater, Principe seedeater

The West African seedeater (Crithagra canicapilla) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast across to southern Niger and northern Cameroon.

Some authorities consider the West African seedeater as a subspecies of the streaky-headed seedeater (Crithagra gularis).

Three subspecies are recognised:

  • C. c. canicapilla - (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855)
  • C. c. elgonensis - (Ogilvie-Grant, 1912)
  • C. c. montanorum - (Bannerman, 1923)
  • References

    West African seedeater Wikipedia


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