Tours where you can spot this bird
1 tour in Namibia
West African Seedeater
Crithagra canicapilla (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855)
Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
West African Seedeater, Crithagra canicapilla, is a finch found in west and central Africa. Its range includes Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast, extending to southern Niger and northern Cameroon, with a separate population in South Sudan, Uganda and nearby areas. It has been treated by some authorities as a subspecies of the streaky-headed seedeater. Three subspecies are recognised: canicapilla, elgonensis and montanorum. The species was described by Du Bus de Gisignies in 1855.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Fringillidae — Finches, Euphonias
- Breeding range
- Africa: wc, c
