White-collared Oliveback
Nesocharis ansorgei(Hartert, EJO, 1899)
English (US) White-collared Oliveback
The White-collared Oliveback (Nesocharis ansorgei) 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: mountains of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Uganda, northern Rwanda, Burundi, and northwestern TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Nesocharis ansorgei
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-collared Oliveback
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1899)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pytelia ansorgei
- Described by
- (Hartert, EJO, 1899)
- Type locality
- Wemo [= Wimi] River, Toro, Uganda.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 10 p.26
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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