West African seedeater
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Crithagra canicapilla

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.

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Some authorities have considered 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)

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References

1. West African seedeater Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_seedeater
2. West African seedeater on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103761640/132040757

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