Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata) - HBW 15, p. 361
French: Capucin nonnette
German: Kleinelsterchen
Spanish: Capuchino Bronceado
Other common names: Green-headed/Bronze-winged Mannikin, Bronze Munia, Hooded Weaver (Finch), Hooded Mannikin(!)
Taxonomy: Spermestes cucullata Swainson, 1837, Senegal.
Genus often subsumed in Lonchura. Races intergrade in NE DRCongo and Uganda. Proposed race tessellata, described from Nampini (middle R Zambesi valley), in NW Zimbabwe, is synonymized with scutata. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cucullata Swainson, 1837 - Senegambia, S Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia E to Nigeria, S Chad and S Sudan, S to Gabon, PRCongo, Central African Republic and W Kenya (W of Rift Valley); also Bioko I (Fernando Póo) and other islands in Gulf of Guinea.
- scutata Heuglin, 1863 - Ethiopia and Kenya (E of Rift Valley) S to S DRCongo, Angola, N & E Botswana, Mozambique and C & SE South Africa; also islands off Tanzania (Pemba, Zanzibar and Mafia), and Comoro Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adults and juveniles bathing in a small puddle of water, next to Orange-cheeked Waxbills. Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp cucullata)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 November 2008 4 years ago 36 sec 4.6 -
A bird on a branch and flying away Locality Travelers Rest Hotel, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp cucullata)
Josep del Hoyo 12 September 2006 5 years ago 30 sec 4.5 -
A group of adults foraging on the ground Locality Nairobi, Kenya (ssp cucullata)
Marc de Bont 15 November 2006 5 years ago 26 sec 4.4 -
Three immatures drinking on a puddle Locality Nianing, Thiès Region, Senegal (ssp cucullata)
Juan Sanabria 7 January 2007 5 years ago 32 sec 4.3 -
Several adults coming in to drink from a small puddle of water, next to an Orange-cheeked Waxbill and a Common Bulbul. Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp cucullata)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 November 2008 4 years ago 37 sec 4.3 -
juvenile bird Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp cucullata)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 1 year ago 15 sec 3.9
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Bird perched on reed branch
Locality Polokwane (Pietersburg), Limpopo Province, South Africa (ssp scutata)
jmdebruyn 29 November 2012 22 weeks ago 4.3 -
Waiting for feeding time in our garden
Locality Rietfontein, Pretoria, Gauteng Province, South Africa (ssp scutata)
Robert Erasmus 3 November 2012 25 weeks ago 4.3 -
Feeding in grass by roadside
Locality Laguna Cartagena National Wildlife Refuge, Puerto Rico
Paul A Guris 15 March 2012 1 year ago 4.3 -
Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata)at Kribi, near Tara plage hotel
Locality Tara Plage Hotel, Kribi, South Province, Cameroon (ssp cucullata)
Bernard Guevorts 20 August 2012 33 weeks ago 4 -
A male with a grass in bill
Locality Kribi, South Province, Cameroon (ssp cucullata)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 25 February 2012 48 weeks ago 4 -
A sub-adult on reeds.
Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (ssp scutata)
Ken Havard 1 November 2011 1 year ago 4
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