Grey-headed Oliveback
Delacourella capistrata(Hartlaub, KJG, 1861)
English (US) Gray-headed Oliveback
UK name: Grey-headed Oliveback
The Grey-headed Oliveback (Delacourella capistrata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Guinea-Bissau and Guinea eastward to Central African Republic, southwestern South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and western UgandaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Delacourella capistrata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Oliveback
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Oliveback
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1861)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pytelia capistrata
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1861)
- Type locality
- Bissao, Portuguese Guinea.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 9, no.52 p.259
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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