Waxbills (Estrildidae)
African Silverbill (Euodice cantans) - HBW 15, p. 359
French: Capucin bec-d'argent
German: Afrikasilberschnabel
Spanish: Capuchino Picoplata Africano
Other common names: Silverbill, Warbling/Black-rumped Silverbill
Taxonomy: Loxia cantans J. F. Gmelin, 1789, Dakar, Senegal.
Genus often subsumed in Lonchura. May form a superspecies with E. malabarica; often treated as conspecific, but, in mixed-species populations in aviaries, the two tend to mate assortatively. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cantans ( J. F. Gmelin, 1789) - C & S Mauritania and Senegambia E to Niger, N Nigeria, Chad and W & S Sudan; also S Algeria (origin of birds uncertain).
- orientalis ( Lorenz von Liburnau & Hellmayr, 1901) - extreme SE Egypt (Gebel Elba), E Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, N Uganda, Kenya and N Tanzania, and S Arabian Peninsula (SW Saudi Arabia, Yemen, W Oman).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A single bird, part of a small flock, feeding on the seeds of a type of grass. Locality Kololi, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp cantans)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 November 2008 4 years ago 21 sec 4.4 -
One perched Locality Khawr Taqah, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (ssp orientalis)
Joe Angseesing 7 April 2010 17 weeks ago 25 sec 4 -
A bird almost hidden in vegetation Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp cantans)
Juan Sanabria 9 January 2007 6 years ago 41 sec 3.6 -
A group preening Locality Ayn Hamran, Dhofar Governorate, Oman
Eric Roualet 10 November 2010 2 years ago 13 sec 3.5 -
Two birds attracted by water from irrigation, along with Black-rumped Waxbill Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp cantans)
Juan Sanabria 9 January 2007 6 years ago 4 sec 3.5 -
Three female-plumaged birds perched and calling Locality Saudi Arabia (ssp orientalis)
John Gregory 30 April 2002 5 years ago 6 sec 3.3
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A bird drinking in flight.
Locality Tawi Atayr, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (ssp orientalis)
Hanne and Jens Eriksen 40 weeks ago 4.8 -
Three perched birds.
Locality Salalah, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (ssp orientalis)
Fran Trabalon 5 January 2011 1 year ago 4 -
adult perched
Locality Awash National Park, Ethiopia
Marco Valentini 28 December 2012 18 weeks ago 3.8 -
Two birds eating seeds.
Locality Sudan
mohammmmad alamin khogaly... 22 weeks ago 3.8 -
Several birds perched on a branch.
Locality Tawi Atayr, Dhofar Governorate, Oman (ssp orientalis)
Hanne and Jens Eriksen 40 weeks ago 3.8 -
Single African Silverbill, feeding on the ground
Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Frank Sandvoss 5 February 2012 1 year ago 3.7
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