Waxbills (Estrildidae)
White-breasted Negrofinch (Nigrita fusconotus) - HBW 15, p. 305
French: Nigrette à ventre blanc
German: Mantelschwärzling
Spanish: Negrita Pechiblanca
Other common names: Negrofinch, White-breasted Nigrita/Blackfinch
Taxonomy: Nigrita fusconotus Fraser, 1843, Clarence, Bioko.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- uropygialis Sharpe, 1869 - Guinea-Bissau, extreme SW Mali, SE Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin and SW Nigeria.
- fusconotus Fraser, 1843 - SE Nigeria, Bioko I (Fernando Póo), S Cameroon and extreme SW Central African Republic E to Uganda and W Kenya, S to Gabon, PRCongo, N Angola, SW & SC DRCongo, Rwanda and Burundi.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird on top of a tree and flying away Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda (ssp fusconota)
Josep del Hoyo 4 September 2006 6 years ago 22 sec 3.3
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Adult feeding
Locality Mount Kupe, Cameroon (ssp fusconotus)
Nik Borrow 29 March 2012 1 year ago 3.6
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Songs Locality Kemeri, Kenya
monicayhector 1 November 2000 3 years ago 2
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