Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Grey-headed Oliveback (Nesocharis capistrata) - HBW 15, p. 311
French: Dos-vert à joues blanches
German: Weißwangenastrild
Spanish: Olivino Carigrís
Other common names: Grey-breasted/White-cheeked Oliveback, White-cheeked Olive Weaver, White-cheeked Waxbill/Oliveback
Taxonomy: Pytelia capistrata Hartlaub, 1861, Bissão, Guinea-Bissau.
Recent studies of mitochondrial genes suggest that this species is closer to Estrilda than to current congeners; perhaps merits placement in separate genus, for which the name Delacourella is available. Monotypic.
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, S Mali and Ivory Coast E to Togo, Benin, N & E Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, S Sudan, NE DRCongo and NW Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird feeding on a fruit Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 28 February 2006 6 years ago 10 sec 4 -
A bird feeding on a fruit Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 28 February 2006 6 years ago 10 sec 3.9 -
Brief and poor view of a bird in a field Locality Masindi, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 August 2006 6 years ago 5 sec 2.9
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A bird feeding on a fig fruit.
Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Ian Fulton 11 March 2006 3 years ago 3
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