Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Grey-headed Negrofinch (Nigrita canicapillus) - HBW 15, p. 306
French: Nigrette à calotte grise
German: Graunackenschwärzling
Spanish: Negrita Canosa
Other common names: Grey-headed Nigrita, Grey-crowned Negrofinch/Blackfinch; Western Negrofinch (emilae); Kungwe Negrofinch (candidus)
Taxonomy: Aethiops canicapillus Strickland, 1841, Bioko.
Races emiliae and candidus may represent two separate species. Nominate race intergrades with schistaceus in NE DRCongo. Proposed race sparsimguttatus, described from extreme NW Tanzania (Bukoba, on W L Victoria), treated as synonym of schistaceus. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- emiliae Sharpe, 1869 - Sierra Leone E to Togo.
- canicapillus ( Strickland, 1841) - S Benin, S Nigeria and W & S Cameroon S, including Bioko I (Fernando Póo), to Gabon and PRCongo, E to N & C DRCongo.
- schistaceus Sharpe, 1891 - S Sudan, E DRCongo, Uganda, Burundi, W Kenya and N Tanzania.
- emiliae Sharpe, 1869 - Sierra Leone E to Togo.
- canicapillus ( Strickland, 1841) - S Benin, S Nigeria and W & S Cameroon S, including Bioko I (Fernando Póo), to Gabon and PRCongo, E to N & C DRCongo.
- schistaceus Sharpe, 1891 - S Sudan, E DRCongo, Uganda, Burundi, W Kenya and N Tanzania.
- angolensis Bannerman, 1921 - NW Angola and S DRCongo.
- diabolicus ( Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) - montane C & SE Kenya S to N Tanzania (Crater Highlands, Mt Kilimanjaro).
- candidus Moreau, 1942 - Mt Kungwe, in W Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult in a tree, feeding on fruits Locality Royal Mile, Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp canicapilla)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2006 6 years ago 49 sec 3.8 -
A bird in a dead tree Locality Sebitoli, Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp canicapilla)
Josep del Hoyo 3 September 2006 6 years ago 24 sec 3.5 -
An active nest of this species Locality Royal Mile, Budongo Forest, Uganda (ssp canicapilla)
Josep del Hoyo 31 August 2006 6 years ago 21 sec 3.1
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A bird feeding on fruits.
Locality Hans Cottage, Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana
Ken Havard 24 November 2009 2 years ago 2.5 -
Single bird on forest edge.
Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
Tom Tarrant 5 January 2006 3 years ago 1.5
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