African quailfinch
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African Quailfinch | |
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Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
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Species: | O. fuscocrissa
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Ortygospiza fuscocrissa (Heuglin, 1863)
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The African Quailfinch, Spectacled Quailfinch, or White-chinned Quailfinch (Ortygospiza fuscocrissa), is a common species of estrildid finch found in eastern and southern Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the Black-faced Quailfinch, others consider all three species to be conspecific.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.7. Downloaded from [1]