Magpie Mannikin
Spermestes fringilloides(de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1835)
English (US) Magpie Mannikin
The Magpie Mannikin (Spermestes fringilloides) 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: Senegal to Kenya, southward to Tanzania, Zanzibar, Zambia, and KwaZulu-NatalRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Spermestes fringilloides
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Magpie Mannikin
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1835)
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Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Plocus fringilloides
- Described by
- (de Lafresnaye, NFAA, 1835)
- Type locality
- India ; emended to Liberia by Hartlaub, 1857, Syst. Ornith. Westafrika, p. 147.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 5 cl.2 pl.48
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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