Grey-headed Silverbill
Spermestes griseicapilla(Delacour, JT, 1943)
English (US) Gray-headed Silverbill
UK name: Grey-headed Silverbill
The Grey-headed Silverbill (Spermestes griseicapilla) 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: southern Ethiopia to Kenya and central TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Spermestes griseicapilla
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray-headed Silverbill
- English (UK)
- Grey-headed Silverbill
- Described by
- (Delacour, JT, 1943)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Lonchura griseicapilla
- Described by
- (Delacour, JT, 1943)
- Original description
- Zoologica: scientific contributions of the New York Zoological Society 28 p.82
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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